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Vice President and his wife, whom we found to be nice people. The fol-
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meeting with the executive vice president. We had lunch in his private
dining room prepared by his secretary, who was a Cordon Bleu gradu-
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with his executive secretary, who invited us to drop by his house and to
meet his family, which we did. On Sunday we attended church in a new
stake center. We attempted to get an impression of housing prices, but
this was hampered a bit by the fact that, unlike the west, in Massachu-
setts, if your house is for sale you don’t post any sign in front indicating
that fact. We talked to a couple school superintendents in the area and
were impressed with the quality of schools.
Before we left to return to San Francisco, I was told that I should
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that a manager would be selected only with the concurrence of the ex-
ecutive management group with whom he would work. Since some of
these people had departed on trips, no group meeting could be held for
a couple weeks. I was pleased to hear that the director of research had
liked me well enough that he had passed the word that he would like to
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At that time, Polaroid Corporation appeared to have a very
bright future. I was very favorably impressed with the executives who
had interviewed me. The opportunity to be a personnel manager again
was alluring. The chance to increase my salary by 50 percent was a
great attraction, because we would shortly have three kids in college
at the same time. On the other hand, we would be moving 3,000 miles

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