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...satisfied with it. Besides, the big thing is confidence. You do better with a racquet you have confidence in." Last week, after trying a friend's new Pancho Segura "SweetSpot"−notable for its wider spacing between strings near the rim than at the center. Manhattan Housewife Flip Breckenfeld offered to buy it on the spot. Said she: "I've never hit the ball so well...
TIME'S cover story this week focuses on a subject that directly or indirectly affects nearly every American: the securities markets at the hub of the nation's commerce and industry. Written by Gurney Breckenfeld and edited by Marshall Loeb, the story analyzes Wall Street's present disarray, and examines the prospects ahead in the '70s. A feature of the report is a look at one of the Street's most outspoken personalities. Dreyfus Corp.'s Howard Stein, who was interviewed at length by Correspondent Roger Beardwood. Indeed, Beardwood even accompanied Stein...
...principal article was written by Gurney Breckenfeld, edited by Marshall Loeb and researched by Nancy Jalet and Sue Raffety. Writers Clell Bryant and George Church, Researchers Eileen Shields, Claire Barnett and Lois Timnick worked on the separate features. Major contributions to the entire project were made by the members of TIME's Board of Economists [Nov. 14], who offered their own predictions on key segments of the economy during...
...this rewarding assignment, Associate Editor Gurney Breckenfeld, who wrote this week's Business story, "Why Tax Reform Is So Urgent and So Unlikely," brings more enthusiasm and experience than most. About a decade ago, Breckenfeld's involvement in the murky problems of housing finance, real estate taxes, urban renewal, planning and zoning convinced him that taxes do more than anything else to shape man's environment. "I'm more than upset," he says, "at how badly real estate taxes have been misused over the years. It's like peeling an onion-you take away layer...
...Breckenfeld came by his expertise in environmental problems through his long association with two former Time Inc. magazines, Architectural Forum and House & Home. Born in San Francisco, he was graduated from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1941 and, after four years in the Army, spent five years on the San Francisco Examiner before coming to Architectural Forum in 1951. In 1954, he went to work full-time for House & Home and rose to become managing editor before its sale in 1964. Next step was TIME, where he specializes in economic affairs. Outside the office, a major interest...