Word: impresario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Robert Moses, the author of that sentiment, was conspicuously disagreeable, and he never doubted he was one of the great figures of his time. He once likened himself to the Roman Emperor Titus (40-81 A.D.), who, like Moses, was an impresario of bricks and marble. The Moses empire embraced yachts, chefs, chauffeurs and 86,000 other minions. His power nominally depended on the chairmanships of obscure parks commissions and revenues from a toll bridge. In fact, he relied on a public as steadfastly admiring of him as he was contemptuous of them. He defied Governors and mayors for nearly...
...even before that scene was over, the impresario was turning his attention to the much trickier second act. At a White House reception for the 253 Representatives who had approved his budget Reagan cautioned: "What we did was only the first step. We have a big job ahead of us putting tax cuts into effect...
...promotion, put together by a Melbourne rock impresario and bankrolled by a cigarette company, cost some $2 million to stage. No effort was spared to lure the two top tennis players out of their tax shelters. Sydney's Hordern Pavillion, normally a venue for pop concerts and agricultural shows, was transformed into a tennis stadium for the first two matches. Seats ranging from $36 to $3,600 (for courtside boxes) were laid out behind a row of dainty lemon dahlias. Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium was transformed even further for the final match. Kooyong is Australia's Wimbledon...
They will hear an all-star lineup that includes Ruff, Casey, Economist Arthur Laffer, Metals Expert James Sinclair and Television Host Louis Rukeyser. Like rock concerts, the seminars can be phenomenally profitable for both the stars and the promoters. The impresario behind this weekend's gala is Charles E. Githler III, 24, who dropped out of college in 1976 to devote his full time to real estate speculation in Florida. Githler organized his first International Investors Forum in San Francisco three years ago, attracting 1,400 people at $450 each. The superstar of seminar promoters is James U. Blanchard...
...central figure in the affair is Harold Smith, 37, who has already been dubbed "the black Jesse James" by Don King, a rival boxing impresario. Virtually unknown two years ago, Smith suddenly burst onto the boxing scene in 1979 flashing mysteriously huge sums of cash. As chairman of Muhammad Ali Professional Sports (MAPS), he became almost overnight the leading big-time fight promoter. One of the members of the MAPS board of directors is Benjamin Lewis, 47, who until three weeks ago was an operations officer at a Beverly Hills branch of Wells Fargo and had authority...