"We are definitely seeing gravitation toward higher leases, " says Billy Rose, president and co-founder of the Agency, a real-estate firm in Beverly Hills.

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Billy Rose, president and co-founder of the Agency, a real-estate firm in Beverly Hills, says that a house designed by Mr. Gallin will often sell for 10% to 30% more than would a comparable home.

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Robinson in "Little Caesar"...or maybe best of all, Gary Cooper, "The Virginian" -- or Johnny Mack Brown, the Alabama running back (hero of the Rose Bowl in 1926), who now bestrode the screen as Billy the Kid.

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