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...Kleiner's advisor, Dr. Patrice Higonnet, Robert Walton Goelet Professor of French History, described Jeremy as being "one of the most gifted undergraduates I have seen in my thirty odd years as an instructor in our university...
What other conclusion can we draw from attempts to palliate our collective indignation with $10 nosebleed seats, or the persistent dumbness of Ahmad Rashad, Bill Walton and the rest of NBC's cozy broadcast ensemble? Being an NBA fan implies malleability in the hands of the corporate machine. Failing that, masochism...
...glorified people who have become grotesquely wealthy and downplayed their negative impact on society. In many cases the detrimental effects have far outweighed any benefits incurred. Sam Walton created a company that has destroyed thousands of small businesses. Ray Kroc and McDonald's have given us unhealthy, tasteless food and a lot of low-paying jobs. Worst of all was your choice of builder William Levitt and Levittown's clone houses. Similar suburban developments have resulted in the paving over of thousands of acres of farmland and forest. These people were not visionaries; they were opportunists who diminished the American...
...more than 60 years ago. It had a new approach, a dramatic, lively way of telling the news. Happily, Luce's inspiration continues to dominate TIME's reportage. There's no question: Luce was a titan of industry and far more influential than a Bill Gates or a Sam Walton! WILLIAM DIXON San Jose, Calif...
...this month he donated $100 million in cash toward vaccinating children in the developing world. It was just one of numerous conspicuous gifts made in 1998. Among them: Armenian-American billionaire financier Kirk Kerkorian's $200 million in aid to earthquake-ravaged Armenia, and businessmen Ted Forstmann and John Walton's $100 million fund to subsidize private-school scholarships for inner-city students...