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...Sting, however, was a snap. Director George Roy Hill had already decided to use Joplin's classic rags and, admits Hamlisch, "I was like an East Side tailor. I'd stitch in a minute of music here, 35 seconds there-it took only eight hours to do the whole...
Divorce has stalked Jackson since he was six and his parents split up. The second youngest of six children, Reggie was raised with two of his siblings by his father Martinez, a tailor in Wyncote, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. "He was a father during the day," recalls Jackson, "and a mother at night." Reggie traces his color blindness to the atmosphere at home. "My father didn't, and still doesn't know what color is," says Jackson. "I grew up with white kids, played ball with them, went home with them, and more than one time beat...
...take up the game. Reggie began by hitting a softball in the backyard when he was seven. By the time he reached high school, he was a star, pitching three no-hitters and batting .550 his senior year. "I told Reggie," says the senior Jackson, who is still a tailor in Philadelphia, "that if he didn't make the team, he'd have to work in my shop...
...never since had to worry about working in the tailor shop. Aside from his $135,000 salary, Jackson earns another $100,000 a year from commercial endorsements and from the Phoenix land company in which he owns a half interest. United Development Inc. reflects the personalities of Jackson and his white partner and closest friend, Gary Walker, a former insurance salesman and Arizona State alumnus. Employees can take a break any time to play a piano placed outside office quarters, and they will soon be able to observe an "artist-in-residence" at work down the hall. They are encouraged...
Kissinger's diplomatic success in the Middle East so far is due, in part, to the fact that the October war ended in a stalemate, and both sides were psychologically ready for some kind of settlement. The situation was tailor-made for Kissinger: the Israelis, from sad past experience, greatly distrust the United Nations, and the Russians, besides being wholly committed to the Arab cause, had no diplomatic relations with Israel. But to make progress Kissinger also had to deal with an Arab leader who possessed both courage and imagination. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat turned out to be that kind...