Word: schirra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...archetypical wheeler-dealer. He wears flashy, monogrammed boots and shirts and owns 3,000 pairs of gold cuff links. He uses a fleet of airplanes as other men use taxis, and collects friends and acquaintances in high places. A space buff, he has put two former astronauts, Walter Schirra and Frank Borman, in top positions in his companies. King is a lover of the West; he owns an ostentatious ranch outside Denver, which he leases to King Resources for $120,000 a year as "recreational facilities...