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...deadline of Jan. 1, Chicago stands to lose one seat in Congress, several seats in the state legislature and up to $75 million in federal revenue sharing. More important, Chicago's civic pride would take a licking. Ever since A.J. Liebling, writing about Chicago in The New Yorker in 1952, coined the putdown Second City, Chicagoans have been perversely proud of it-all the more so when they could lay claim to the nation's tallest building (the Sears Tower), most durable big-city mayor (the late Richard Daley) and arguably the best symphony orchestra (under Conductor...
...copy, vs. National Geographic's per-issue price of 790. Says Geo Editor in Chief Harold Kaplan of his nonprofit competitors: "They cover the same ground we do, sell a slew of ads, but pay no taxes. It's not a fair shake." Observes New Yorker President George Green: "Some of these [nonprofit] magazines are marketing themselves as advertising vehicles, rather than as sidelines of organizations. Dial was developed solely to sell advertising...
Innovative approaches to quality control are most apparent at Chrysler, where new models like the Dodge St. Regis and the Chrysler New Yorker in 1979 were often clunkers when they rolled off the assembly line. Says U.A.W. Vice President Marc Stepp: "The Chrysler worker is now very sensitive to the need to build a good piece off the press. He knows that if the company goes down...
...quintessential New Yorker: street smart, loud, witty, full of life, always in motion, combative. "Feisty," corrects Mayor Edward Koch. "Combative has a pejorative quality...
Rounding out the field is New Yorker Russell Long, 24, son of Sumner , ("Huey") Long, a well-known shipping broker and ocean racer. The blond, blue-eyed Russell was crewing by age seven, but it was not until last year that he skippered a twelve, Turner's old Independence. Convinced that he could be competitive himself if only his boat were a little faster, Long raised $500,000 and stripped Independence for parts. The result: the deep blue Clipper and a helmsman brash enough to be Turner's son. "Ted peaked out in 1977," says Long...