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Some especially interesting aspects of the S.L.A. case involved lawyers who appeared before the S.L.A. or whose law firms represented clients seeking liquor licenses. According to some petitioners, there was such an animal as the "in" lawyer, one with enough influence to steer applications over the S.L.A.'s bureaucratic shoals. The "in" lawyer, of course, was usually able to succeed where "out" lawyers failed, and so commanded top fees for his work. There was nothing wrong with being an "in" lawyer, but what seemed curious was the fact that three former "in" types also happened to rank as virtually...
...developing it into a practical instrument that can view a scene and make instant, frog-quick decisions. Unblinkingly focused on a radar scope, it might report only those aircraft or missiles that are potentially hostile. In an even more refined version, it could ride in a missile and steer its warhead toward targets that it had been trained to seek...
Once inside, Philip began to steer the company away from making "pompous imitations of the past." Carefully selecting artists whose works span the spectrum of contemporary design, he recruited Raymond Loewy, France's Raymond Peynet. Finland's Tapio Wirkkala, and Germany's Hans Theo Baumann. From their designs the company produced its simple, elegant Studio Line. As the Studio Line's sales rose, so did Philip's influence in the company; in 1958 he became president. Though he has kept a good many older patterns for nostalgic buyers, the Studio Line now accounts...
...keep both happy-requires a delicate sense of balance. Levy has it. Speaking with an arresting German-Oxford accent, he can be as blunt in personal conversation as he is careful when it comes to delivering voluminous written reports for a potentate or an oil magnate. His ability to steer a middle course through the troubled waters of oil disputes has landed him as consultant in such hot spots as Suez and Iran. In 1959, he met privately with India's Prime Minister Nehru, tried to prevent him from being too ambitious in exploring for petroleum with Indian money...
When Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser grabbed the Suez Canal 6½ years ago, his bitter enemies in Europe predicted that the big ditch would soon be filled with silt and that untrained Egyptian pilots would never be able to steer shipping through safely...