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After his release from prison, MacStiofáin moved to Ireland, where he worked a bit as a traveling salesman and as an employee of the Gaelic Athletic Association but devoted most of his time to the movement. Although I.R.A. units in the North are responsible for tactical decisions, MacStiofáin as chief of staff is consulted on overall strategy. He neither drinks nor smokes, and his command presence is unmistakable. A fervent nationalist who would impose Gaelic on Ireland as its sole language if he had his way, MacStiofáin is ferociously anti-British. "I have always...
...each individual assigned to him, keep track of the contraception methods used by each woman in his jurisdiction, and arrange for consultation with a real doctor when necessary. The government has been heavily promoting birth control and immunization against contagious diseases; the barefoot doctor is the grass-roots salesman of these programs...
Chances that Paid. Sarnoff's special gift was that he was not only a visionary but also a hustling salesman who could persuade scientists and capitalists to invest their brainpower and money to make his own dreams of the future come true. As a teenager, he taught himself telegraphy and talked his way into an operator's job at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America. A classic tragedy gave him a big break; the Titanic sank in 1912, and Sarnoff stayed at his key for 72 hours in New York, relaying the news to the world...
...trying to become the Ralph Nader of radiation," explains Willis Stubbs, an insurance salesman whose four children attend Pomona Elementary, "but people need to be told to get the hell out from the tailings, or that it's all right." Both he and his wife have come to doubt the Surgeon General's guideline. Says Mrs. Stubbs: "They say chances of damage to the children is one in a million. Well, suppose your child is that one in a million? We happen to be parents and we are concerned about it." So are some local businessmen. A bank...
...Ohio business machine salesman, Bowen went through Denison University on scholarship and was the first member of his family to graduate from college. He did his graduate work in economics at Princeton on scholarship, and in 1965, at 31, became the second-youngest full professor in the school's modern history. As an economist, he has specialized in studies of concrete, practical concerns; his best-known book is an analysis of the financial problems of the performing arts in the U.S. Youthful enough to pass for a junior instructor, Bowen, who is married...