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...Glory: The Life of William S. Paley by Sally Bedell Smith. Paley, the founder of CBS and a Manhattan socialite, died not a moment too soon to avoid seeing himself debunked in this best-selling biography. "Paley," says the author, "was as spoiled as a man could be." By the end of her razor- edged narrative, Smith has cut her subject down to where he would have trouble filling a 12-in. screen...
Gucci's image make-over comes as part of an overhaul of the entire Gucci organization. The revival is spearheaded by Maurizio Gucci, 42, the founder's grandson, who last year assumed control of Guccio Gucci S.p.A. With the support of Investcorp, a Bahrain-based investment firm that owns half the business, Gucci pared the product line from 22,000 to 7,000 items, and he will probably trim the inventory still further. Among the first products to be eliminated: the cheap, unlined canvas pocketbooks with the double-G logo that were easily copied, and can still be picked...
...unfortunate that your only quotations came from the father of a founder of the Review, who has a tendency to see through glasses darkly...
...seem such an obvious prescription -- build housing, and then help people hold on to it. But it has taken a long time to strip homeless policy of its mythology. For years, whenever the congressional committees or the network-news programs took up the cause, they would call Robert Hayes, founder of the National Coalition for the Homeless, and put in an order for an intact white family recently evicted from a Norman Rockwell painting -- people, they said, with whom others could identify. Yet in cities like New York, such families account for less than 10% of the homeless population...
...Morning mystique stems from its unpredictable offerings and unorthodox schedule. The stores are open just four times a year, for seasonal sales that last from four to nine weeks. "Who wants to be in business before February and who wants the doldrums of July and August?" asks chairman and founder Lloyd Ross, who decided to name the 18-year-old company after his favorite time of the week. The selection of goods is equally whimsical. "Even our buyers don't know what to expect," says Ross. "They buy whatever comes along. We have either the greatest selection of dishes...