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The reason she quit, said Cunningham, 32, was to devote herself full time to Semper Corp., the venture-capital firm that she co-founded with former Bendix Chairman William Agee, 45, in June 1982, the same month the two were married. She said her job at Seagram, developing a strategic...
"The main roadblock was making up our minds to devote two years of our lives to this," said Chayes, adding, "Maybe if it really sings, four other people will say, 'Maybe we will try it.'"
Inventor Josepho, who is a Socialist only three years removed from penniless Russian immigrancy, will act consistently. Half of his million he will devote to general charity; half "to helping my brother inventors to similar success."
For the past six months or so, he has appeared increasingly edgy, with a fleeting attention span. He started skipping work, and chums feared that he would derail from the fast track. In July he quit his D.A. post to devote all his time to studying for his third try...
Thomas Hicks has abandoned his commercial photography business in Portland, Ore., to devote himself to trading them. Webb Williams, Exxon Corp.'s trust fund manager, spends an increasing portion of his time investing in them for his company. So does Charles Stevenson, who operates his own New York-based...