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...field, a flair for personal publicity helps. Iowa Lawyer Jack Schroeder, 39, made headlines through politics-he is a longtime Republican state legislator-and he is sure that the exposure aided in launching his General Life of Iowa Insurance Co., whose assets are now more than $8,000,000. Most millionaires have a compulsion to be in business for themselves, but some employees in the corporate world have taken the optional road to riches. At Idaho's Boise Cascade Corp., Vice President William Eberle, 41, has piled up $2,300,000 worth of stock through options, and the chief...
...Line. Other Peanuts characters pop up from time to time. Lucy has several fuss-budget understudies: Patty, Sally, Violet and Frieda. Pig-Pen is a "human soil bank" who raises a cloud of dust on a perfectly clean street and passes out gumdrops that are invariably black. Mop-haired Schroeder is always banging out Beethoven on the piano or gazing soulfully at a bust of the master ("I picked Beethoven," says Schulz, "because he is sort of pompous and grandiose. I like Brahms better"). Lucy is in love with Schroeder, but he is too busy with Beethoven to care...
...emotional clobbering." Thus Linus' beloved blanket-"only one yard of outing flannel stands between me and a nervous breakdown" -is constantly threatened by the dog Snoopy or the visiting grandmother who disapproves of such habits (and drinks 32 cups of coffee a day). Lucy's love for Schroeder goes unrequited; the heart of the little blond pianist belongs only to Beethoven. Charlie Brown's lowpowered positive thinking-"I actually believe that I can fly this kite"-always ends in a tangle of string...
...effects are skillful and well thought out. Anne Hollander's costumes, striking and simple, the makeup, the lighting, and especially W.E. Schroeder's set--all are striking in concept as well as in execution. One could quibble about Seth Carlin's background music, which sometimes seems unnecessarily distracting, but it, too, is often impressive...
Down with Boredom. Elsa was a great matchmaker; she claimed credit, among others, for getting together Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan. But that kind of love was not for her. Once when she was a girl, a young man (named Baron Alexander von Schroeder) kissed her on the mouth. "It's difficult to describe the feeling of revulsion that swept over me," she reported. As she discovered later: "I never liked the idea of sex. I wouldn't subject myself to it." In the numerous costume parties she attended, she often came...