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...Preternaturally restless, Betty left home at 15 and came to Manhattan, hoping to be noticed by people who could get her into show business. By 17, she had hooked up with Vincent Lopez' decidedly demure band, to which she immediately brought verve and volume. One night when impresario Billy Rose was in the audience, did her madcap routine, picking up the elfin Lopez and carrying him about. That stunt earned her roles in the Broadway musicals Two for the Show and Panama Hattie, where, she later said, her one number was filched by star Ethel Merman on opening night. Betty...
...From Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich) to Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking), from Zig Ziglar (Born to Win) to Rick Warren (The Purpose-Driven Life), this idea has never lost its power over the American imagination. Giuliani tries to tap into that power by presenting himself as the ultimate can-do politician, a man who approaches government like a business, who prefers results over ideologies and who sees victory as the national birthright...
...While some editorialists heap on the derision, others just puzzle over how a metaphysical twist on a familiar idea—long available in books like Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” and Norman Vincent Peale’s “Power of Positive Thinking”—is able to occupy the number two spot on the Amazon.com bestsellers list...
...Staff writer Vincent R. Oletu can be reached at voletu@fas.harvard.edu...
...VINCENT R. OLETU...