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Zenith had a long tradition-at least until they went under & became under the thumb of the mighty Itchipuse' concern of Japan, Korea, China, whatever- & they produced radios thatoften advanced the state of the art. Too bad this tradition died not too long after Cdr Eugene F. McDonald, Jr succumbed as well in 1958. STILL would have loved to have seen/been there if the Commander & David Sarnoff had ever gotten to take their gloves off & "Had At It", they neither one could STAND the other. McDonald was sort of a patrician mid-westerner, Sarnoff was a hardscrabble Jewish immigrant boy who'd pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Pretty sure BOTH were, to say the least, NOTORIOUSLY difficult to work for-One of Sarnoff's reputed quips was "I DON'T GET Ulcers-I GIVE Them", & w/his military naval background, the Commander had little trouble turning the air blue, as well. But both, arguably, kinda bet their companies on ideas that were little more than dreams-The commander on the Trans-Oceanic, & Sarnoff-on color TV.
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Benevolent Despot
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