Letters, Jul. 4, 1977

The Hot New Rich

To the Editors:

Some men see things as they are and say "Why?" I dream things that never were and say "Why not?"

The above thought, borrowed from George Bernard Shaw, expresses what I feel is the philosophy of those new rich [June 13].

Hats off to those who have the zeal to make their dreams realities.

Ann Brookman Elkins Park, Pa.

Of the 15 individuals covered in your sketches of the new rich, not one became rich producing necessities of life in the U.S. (The closest candidate apparently made his in...

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