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...learning and an island of relative tranquillity in a scarred and anguished city. Last week it also became a monument to the senseless terror that besets all Lebanon. Its president, Malcolm Kerr, 52, whose life had been devoted to Arab culture and education, was shot dead by two unknown gunmen, apparently for no reason except that he was an American...
...encouraging the government to move to the front with it." Meanwhile, Count de Villegas's chateau outside Brussels was burglarized last week, and his files were rifled by what Belgian police describe as "professionals." In Ventimiglia, Italian authorities offered police protection to would-be inventor Bonassoli after noticing unknown people around his house. Bonassoli, who left Villegas's employ in 1979 after a falling-out over money, reported that he is still perfecting the oil-detection device. But, says he, "I won't work with the French again. They mix science and politics. I am a scientist...
...rich people is springing up in America, almost from nowhere. Rarely have so many made so much so quickly. They have a gambler's nerve, a fortuneteller's foresight and a prospector's nose for gold. They have prospered first by starting or investing in small, unknown companies, and then capitalizing on the 17-month-old bull market that has sent the Dow Jones industrial average to one new high after another...
...road, of course, will not be easy. Who knows when an unknown squad will rocket to the top? A bad judging decision can prematurely end a title bid. Laryngitis is not good. At this juncture, however, Wiener and Massey control their destiny. They hold their future in their own hands...and mouths...
...squeaky voice, moved into the walnut-veneered chairman's office on the 14th floor of the General Motors building in Detroit, he was expected to blend into the woodwork. Smith had joined GM as an accounting clerk in 1949, spent his entire career with the company and was unknown outside the automobile industry...