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...London in the 1880s, Harold Bauer heard almost all the great pianists of the day. He saw the ailing Abbé Liszt at one of his last public appearances; he heard Paderewski's London debut. He remembers shaggy Anton Rubinstein, the elegant Hans von Bülow, and the widow Clara Schumann bent so low over the keys that her nose almost touched her hands...
...hour Dr. Leake listened to evidence presented by the bureau's Robert Bauer. Bauer showed him laboratory records with the names of physicians, explained some of the tricks of the trade. Firms, sometimes appointed by doctors as "agents," had charged the patient double and remitted the 100% overcharge to the patient's physician. Doctors had joined "cooperative" laboratories and received dividends based on the amount of business they sent...
After examining the evidence, Dr. Leake signed a joint statement with the Better Business Bureau's Bauer. Yes, a "substantial number" of doctors was involved...
...days later, baby-faced Sherbondy holed up in George Bauer's farmhouse. Mrs. Bauer pleaded with him. Her seven-year-old son had appendicitis. Would he let a neighbor drive them to a hospital? He would. "I knew they would tell the cops," Sherbondy said, "but I couldn't let the little kid die." When the guards came for him, he just about caved in. His legs were frozen to the knees...
...that must have the old bearded filibusteros spinning in their graves. Their headquarters are not in tents in the bush but in smart city clubs and luxurious suburban homes. A good example is General René Picado, defender of the Costa Rican government, a fat, jolly, ex-traveling salesman (Bauer & Black, surgical drugs) who for years told his stories up and down Central America. General René was so worried that a lot of the products of his ex-employer would have to be used in San Jose that he kept three holy candles (especially blessed at the Shrine...