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...Steel Corp.'s Ben Fairless, Lever Bros.' Charles Luckman, General Electric Co.'s Charles E. Wilson, Henry Kaiser, Eastern Air Lines, Inc.'s Eddie Rickenbacker, Procter & Gamble Co.'s Richard R. Deupree, Sam Goldwyn and Radio Corp. of America's David Sarnoff -fitted the rags-to-riches pattern set by some of 1917's tycoons. And some of the leaders still had the old empire-building names-Harvey S. Firestone Jr., Henry Ford II and Nelson Rockefeller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Forbes's 50 | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

...this one memorable broadcast, television proved that its window on history was almost as clear as the newsreel's, and far closer in time. Telecasters bragged that they would soon be opening their window on bigger & better sights; RCA President David Sarnoff announced that the 1948 presidential campaign would be televised. But unless television got a move on, few in the U.S. would see a political or any other kind of telecast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roving Eye | 1/13/1947 | See Source »

What's wrong with radio? Brigadier General David Sarnoff suggested an answer. Said the president of RCA as he celebrated his 40th anniversary in radio last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: First-Class Reason | 10/14/1946 | See Source »

...Arrived in Stockholm, "purely on business," General James Doolittle, now vice president of Shell Oil Co., and General David Sarnoff, president of RCA. Said Doolittle to rocket-rattled Swedes: "I would like to see a rocket very much." Said Sarnoff: "Show me a rocket and I will tell you from where it comes and how big it is. If the Swedish Government wants to avail itself of my services, I will be glad to oblige...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERIPATETICS: Nor Heat, nor Gloom of Night | 9/2/1946 | See Source »

...William Rhinelander Stewart, last year's third. Notable presence: Valentina, dress designer. The rest of the top ten, all past placers: Mrs. Lawrence Tibbett, the Duchess of Windsor, Louise Macy Hopkins (whose husband Harry is chairman of Manhattan's garment industry), Cinemactress Rosalind Russell, Mrs. Robert Sarnoff, Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jan. 7, 1946 | 1/7/1946 | See Source »

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