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...column "Speaking Out: The Voice of Dissent." Herman Kahn, publicity man for Civil Defense, helped christen the column by agreeing with 99 per cent of America on how necessary it is to prepare for war. The cynical quickly complained the new Dissent was only false advertising; but as one shrewd observer commented, "What Kahn actually challenges is the prevalent notion that nuclear war will somehow be unpleasant...
...time according t o his nature, and if this growth was not guided by much superior wisdom or deep study, it was not warped by an serious perversion; and if the intellectual world did not permanently entice him... he learned that such things existed, and gathered a shrewd notion of what they could do for a man, and what they might make...
Schrotel has won the backing of solid Cincinnati for his force of 979 with a shrewd public relations campaign. Every person who makes a complaint gets a visit from an officer and a letter from Schrotel. Anyone who is arrested may be interviewed by the inspection bureau and invited to sound off about the treatment he received from the police and in court. Cincinnati cops are forbidden to argue with citizens. Says Schrotel: "I don't care if a cop wins the argument. He's lost our battle...
...still on the bridge when the ship sinks, it means the ship was still in the owners' possession; the underwriters therefore have little option but to pay up in full. But if the captain has left the ship before she sinks, the ship is technically abandoned; a shrewd underwriter might well refuse to pay full coverage, thus causing loss to the shipowners...
...Manhattan hotels where an effort at Edwardian elegance reigns: the Stanhope (a favorite of Princess Grace Kelly) and the Gotham. Their handsome owner, Mrs. Evelyn Sharp, 58, runs them as her home, e.g., desk clerks wear evening clothes after 6 p.m., coffee is ground just before brewing. Shrewd Businesswoman Sharp (who took over Sharp Ltd. Hotels on the death of her husband in 1941) last week sold the Gotham, the Stanhope and California's Beverly Wilshire to William Zeckendorf's Webb & Knapp for $25 million. As replacements, Mrs. Sharp plans to put up in Manhattan and Beverly Hills...