Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 2. In 1954 I bought a pair of new Leica cameras at an airport duty free > store with my unused leave pay from the Army, a IIIF with a f2.0 Summicron > and a first edition M3 with a f2.8 Elmar. I paid $154 for each. I had > trouble getting them through customs because I had TWO cameras. A special > letter from E. Leitz, NY resolved the problem. > > > 3. My first post Army job offer was as an assistant professor at $8000 per > year. This was too little to support a wife and baby so I took a job in the > military/industrial complex at twice the salary. In 1963 I was offered a > better paying professorship at the newly formed City Univ. of New York > grad The term " military-industrial complex." was coined on my birthday 17 January 1961 in Ike's farewell address. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner