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DIED. ABE HIRSCHFELD, 85, oddball real estate tycoon and publicity hound, who offered $1 million to Paula Jones to settle her sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton in 1998; in New York City. The irascible eccentric amassed his fortune developing semi-enclosed parking garages in Manhattan, and his increasingly bizarre behavior--he was jailed in 2000 for ordering a hit on a business partner--always kept him in the papers, including the pages of the New York Post, which he owned for two tumultuous weeks in 1993. During his brief tenure, a disgruntled staff ran the headline...
...Metropolis 1927; Fritz Lang Lang's epic poem of urban dystopia and class warfare set the standard for imagining the future - and how it might feel to be a part of it. Even now, in the age of cgi, his dark vision remains unsurpassed. Dodsworth 1936; William Wyler A tycoon goes to europe and eventually sheds glum responsibility (and a ditsy wife) in Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born...
...DIED. JOHN KING, 87, pugnacious Thatcherite tycoon who in 1981 masterminded the transformation of the foundering state-run British Airways (nicknamed "Bloody Awful" by suffering Brits) into a profitable international powerhouse; in Leicestershire, England. After slashing 30% of the jobs and revamping BA's image, he sparred with arch rival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic, who accused him of such "dirty tricks" as computer hacking and poaching passengers. King ultimately was ordered to publicly apologize and pay libel judgments to Branson and Virgin...
DIED. JOHN KING, 87, pugnacious Thatcherite tycoon who in 1981 masterminded the successful privatization of the foundering state-run British Airways (known to suffering Brits as Bloody Awful) and transformed it into a profitable international powerhouse; in Leicestershire, England. After slashing jobs 30% and revamping BA's image, he sparred with archrival Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic, who accused him of such "dirty tricks" as computer hacking and passenger poaching. King ultimately was ordered to publicly apologize and pay libel judgments to Branson and Virgin...