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...pair first met on the baseball diamond--Greg Ubert was on the mound pitching for Worthington, Brian Burns behind the plate, the St. Francis catcher...
...billion flowed into Spain during the first ten months of 1986, an increase of 115% over the same period in 1985. Two attractions: Spain's low labor costs, which run 15% less than the European average, and the country's large population of consumers (39 million). Says Courtenay Worthington, Citibank Espana's general manager: "Spain is becoming a magnet for foreign investment. Many companies are putting up money, and those that aren't are wondering if they should...
...Calvin Worthington, 65, a Los Angeles auto dealer, wears a cowboy hat in his ads and parades around a car lot with animals ranging from pigs and tigers to hippos and elephants, each of whom he refers to as "my dog Spot." Wayne Greenstein, 32, and Brother Marc, 34, whose family owns Coronet juvenile furniture in Westbury, N.Y., have appeared in commercials since 1980. One of their popular spots features the Greensteins sitting in baby cribs and musing about a "talking orangutan." Customers routinely barge into Coronet demanding to see the TV stars, and trendy Manhattan nightclubs such as Danceteria...
Many owners enjoy acting like bozos on the boob tube, but for others the commercials are strictly business. Auto Dealer Worthington insists that if his antics did not pay off, he would never set foot near a TV camera. Says he: "I am not an extrovert by nature. I should get an Academy Award every time I do one of those...
When they leave, Homer goes with them, an unofficial adoptee of the Worthington family. Growing apples strikes Homer as better than the business of St. Cloud's: "What he loved about the life at Ocean View was how everything was of use and that everything was wanted." This Edenic state does not last for long. Wally, still a bachelor, goes off to fly a B-24 in World War II and is reported missing over Burma. Homer and Candy have come to love each other, as well as Wally. The result of their mutual grief and consolation is predictable...