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AN OLD HAND IN A STRANGE NEW WORLD

A year ago, when he was only 88 and not yet jilted, Sidney Harman was autocratically doing what he likes best: running Harman International Industries, a company he built pretty much from scratch. His business, headquartered five blocks from the White House, makes upscale audio and electronic gear t...

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Published in:	Fortune 2008-02, Vol.157 (2), p.114
Main Author:	Loomis, Carol J
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