No one in the owner class seems to take notice, however, even after the collapse of Bear Stearns in March.
But the focus of "Grand Ambition" is on the "owner class, " as exemplified by the taciturn Mr. Von Allmen, now 71, a high-school dropout who did some youthful bumming around before finding his calling in accountancy and eventually becoming a private-equity mogul.
The largest owner of Class B stock is Lynn Alandt, a cousin of Bill Ford Jr.
Since taking ownership of the Dolphins, Ross has been emblematic of the new class of sports franchise owner.
Many want time to work on projects they're passionate about but can't squeeze in, like writing a book (Kelly Braddock, a NYC-based realtor), taking a writing class (Lois Kelly, owner of the marketing firm BeeLine in Rhode Island) or learning to cook (Andrea Botwin, a research scientist from Philadelphia), while the majority are hoping for spa certificates or weekend escapes.
The firm quickly built up its portfolio of office properties, eventually becoming the largest owner and operator of Class A office buildings in San Francisco.
President Obama also proposed extending tax cuts to protect middle class families and virtually every small business owner from getting a tax increase at the beginning of next year.
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The CLA-class is designed with the younger, prospective owner in mind.
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Bearsden is an affluent middle class commuter town serving Glasgow, which explains why levels of owner-occupation are so high (76.8%) and professionals and managers so numerous (44.6%) within the constituency.
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Claus Peter Offen, owner of a Hamburg shipping company, won the Wally class after a close-fought battle with Argentinean pharmaceuticals magnate Alberto Roemmers.
The owner of a neighborhood grocery store in a middle-class neighborhood in Tehran said regular customers have openly told him they aren't buying milk in order to honor the boycott.
The Chelsea takeover by Roman Abramovich was a game-changer and for the first time English and European clubs faced the prospect of competing with a club owner whose wealth made the signing of multiple world-class players possible.
The class has drawn considerable interest, says Judy Steinkoenig, the store's co-owner.
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An intelligent and rather overcivilized caper movie, set in Montreal, which features three generations of great male actors: Marlon Brando (sounding like his long-ago nemesis Truman Capote) as an upper-class aesthete and fence with exquisite manners, Robert De Niro as a saturnine jazz-club owner and safecracker who never takes risks, and Edward Norton as a brilliant but willful young con man and criminal.
One day the lucky owner of Sea Axe may be similarly dismissive but, this week in Fort Lauderdale, this working class girl of Aberdeen is truly the best in show.
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