Word: selwyn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...addict knows, Kojak is a dapper detective who exudes animal charm and a street-wise sixth sense. The man whose investigative exploits led to the series, however, is no cop, and he is no well-tailored charmer. He is Reporter Selwyn Raab, 40, who looks more like rumpled Peter Falk than Telly Savalas. His tenacious reporting has brought him a dozen awards and the pleasure of seeing two victims of law-enforcement abuses walk out of prison...
...entered the movies as a partner of Jesse L. Lasky and Cecil B. DeMille. In 1913 they made The Squaw Man, one of the first feature-length films produced in Hollywood. The trio sold out to the combine that became Paramount, and Goldfish teamed with two brothers named Selwyn to make "Goldwyn" pictures. He took the name with him when he was forced out of the concern in 1922- before it merged with Metro and Mayer to form perhaps the most famous movie name of all. "A self-made man may prefer a self-made name" was Judge Learned Hand...
...just became very important for someone to stick him with something," commented Selwyn Raab, a New York City reporter who dogged the case over the years and helped turn up the evidence that finally liberated Whitmore. The honor of the police was at stake." Though his wife divorced him and disappeared with their two daughters−and though he was imprisoned for nearly four years−Whitmore claimed he was not bitter toward anyone. Less forgiving, his lawyers were considering suing the city or state for malicious prosecution...
...booming reality, it is customary to speak of a species of New European. It is no less customary to observe that the old nationalism still survives. What do the various Europeans really think of each other? To find out, a London and Brussels market-research expert named Victor Selwyn organized a detailed questioning of 185 selected business executives, lawyers and other professionals. The results, included in the new Guide to National Practices in Western Europe, produced some familiar stereotypes and some surprises...
What is the practical point of all this? Says Selwyn: "Unless [outside] businessmen can come to understand fully Continental attitudes and customs, they will be at a grave disadvantage." Specifically, he suggests, hire Dutch salesmen, but beware of Italian accountants or Belgian chauffeurs...