Work Styles of the Rich and Famous Reconsidered by Publishers
Washington Post columnist Don Oldenburg surveys a wave of 1980s memoirs by corporate leaders like Lee Iacocca, Donald Trump, John Sculley, and T Boone Pickens. The piece notes their push to reveal success lessons, the shift to chairman-per-chapter works, and cautions about platitudinous guidance amid high-stakes business lore.
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Don Oldenburg
Washington
Chrysler
White House
Iacocca
Victor Kiam
Remington Products Inc
T. Boone Pickens
John Sculley
Computer Currents
Thomas Horton
Random House
B. Eugene Griessman
Griessman
Dodd, Mead
Los Angeles
Lee Gardenswartz
Anita Rowe
America
Dolphin Doubleday
Eileen Ford
God
Irene Cohen
David Rockefeller
Armand Hammer
Harper & Row
PepsiCo
Apple Computer
Apple
IBM
The G string From Hell
Lori Watts of Lisle woke at 3 am to endless Love Me Tender played by a blue silk G string with a music chip. The chip belonged to Gary Watts's mother in law as a Christmas gag but started playing on its own. The couple destroyed the chip with a hammer and moved on with healthy twins. Gary calls the incident The G string From Hell.
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Lori Watts
Lisle
Lori
Gary
Gary Watts
Carmie Janek
Lancaster
Ohio
Lor
Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic theater review
Frank Rich reviews The Phantom of the Opera praising Michael Crawford’s dominant performance and the production’s stagecraft while criticizing the romance and Christine Brightman’s acting. He notes Harold Prince and Maria Bjornson elevate the show with dazzling design and lighting.
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Frank Rich
van Tore
York —iIt
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Majestic Theater
Lloyd Webber
Harold Prince
Maria Bjornson
Michael Crawford
Paris Opera House
Crawford
Christine Dane
Sarah Brightman
Prince
Bjornson
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Rowe
Donald Trump
Mr. Trump
Trump
David Mahoney
Simon and Schuster
Bronx
Norton Simon Inc
NSI
Eugene Griessman
James Burke
Johnson & Johnson
Burke
Kerry Waghos
Lee Iacocca
Walter Mittys
G-string
Hell
Bob GR
Tribune Media Service
Ziegfeld Palace
Bjorn Son
Andrew Bridge
Christine
Majestic
Brightman
Broadwa