Word: toole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From California fruit picker, he shifted to boxing as a lightweight (130 lbs.) and won 17 of 19 bouts. Later he got a job as a helper in a tool and die shop in the Oakland area, went to night school to learn English, mathematics and mechanical drawing...
Within a year, he broke production records and was made foreman. In the late 1960s, with a loan from the Bank of America, he established the Aceco Tool Corp. in San Leandro. Sales in 1973 were...
...wealth: "I've got to be perfectly frank. I've never felt the disadvantages. The money brought with it tremendous responsibilities and great opportunities. I'm also aware of the fact that it is like a tool, a sharp tool. If you misuse it, you can get cut, and you can also hurt other people...
...students at the Summer School: If his musical comedies are as funny as his administrative talents, he's sure to be a smash on the Great White Way. When you leave Cambridge, remember the inspiring couplet incribed over the North Yard Gate: "Two, four, six, eight/Ford is a tool of the corporate state...
...from a Lakers fanatic, bravura bench jockey and this year's monster movie star, Jack Nicholson. He is letting off a little steam by putting on the kind of pressure he gets and cultivates almost every day. Nicholson is a past master at the Hollywood psych, a vocational tool for professional survival he employs with a street fighter's energy and a gamesman's cunning. On this occasion, he is just taking it out for a little airing on behalf of Hollywood's favorite team...