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...brick bullring, on the western edge of Lima, hung a sign: "Jesús dijo: yo soy el camino y la verdad y la vida" (Jesus said: I am the way and the truth and the light). Within the ring, 12,000 Peruvians chewed on anticuchos (chunks of grilled beef heart) or sipped chicha (a beer made of corn). There was a hymn, a collection; then a Peruvian missionary announced that they would hear from "the man known all the world over as the Human Bible." In this setting, Baptist Preacher Billy Graham brought his "Crusade for Christ...
...constructing his food empire, which now stretches from frozen egg foo yung to a fruit pie-filling firm called Northland Foods. Paulucci adhered to a two-point credo: "Cut out the middleman" and "Take advantage of waste." Shopping for bargains around the world, Chun King buys beef from Australia and shrimp from Ecuador, contracts directly with Chippewa Indians for wild rice and with Oklahoma and Texas farmers for mung beans, from which bean sprouts are grown. The simpler ingredients, such as celery and mushrooms, Chun King produces for itself-and here the profiting from waste enters. When Paulucci found...
...piloting planes, tending war dogs used for combat patrols, training Diem's 170,000-man army in anti-guerrilla tactics. Ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet patrol the South China Sea to prevent Red infiltration by junk and sampan. U.S. special forces are on the way to beef up Diem's military intelligence, communications and logistics...
...genius for detail. A onetime aspiring singer, Carrara abandoned his career when his money ran out, now works during the day as a salesman, has been claquing evenings for ten years. Alabisio was a top La Scala tenor under Toscanini in the 1920s. Their basic claque (which they can beef up to 40 on important evenings) includes singing students, teachers, music lovers and two barbers. Perhaps the most dedicated is Claqueur Nino Grassi, 60, who has clapped professionally at La Scala since he was ten years old. Carrara and Alabisio attend every La Scala dress rehearsal, talk to the leading...
More to Come. By last week, the conservative British influence seemed to have seeped even into Bill Zeckendorf's circular modern office. To increase the financial community's confidence in Webb & Knapp, Zeckendorf has agreed to beef up his board with a batch of prestigious "independent'' directors, including former Ambassador to Great Britain Lewis Douglas. Zeckendorf has also promised further property liquidations of $40 million and further refinancing of $20 million to "erase short-term debt completely and put Webb & Knapp in a substantial cash position." Henceforth, said Zeckendorf last week, Webb & Knapp will have...