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| Welcome to the beginning of our 30th year. It was in January of 1979 that two brothers...Harry and Charles Binder, decided to form a legal partnership. They called it Binder and Binder® ® . Harry and Charles knew that the secret to success would be to treat their clients according to an old family tradition..."Do what you do, better and nicer." | ||
| Harry was a busy Long Island Attorney, and Charles was an over worked New York Public Defender. Some of the rest of that story is in an article called "Better and Nicer" on another page of this Newsletter. But I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at some of the other important events that happened in 1979. It was a big year in sports for Pittsburgh. The Steelers won the Super Bowl, and the Pirates won the world series. Heiress Patty Hearst was released from prison. Ayatollah Komeini seized power in Iran, and the Iranian hostage crisis began. The U.S. space probe Voyager 1 sent back pictures of Jupiter’s rings. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant scared all of us when it had a partial meltdown. The Nickelodeon cable TV channel signed on as a network. President Jimmy Carter reported being attacked by a swamp rabbit while out fishing in Georgia. Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of England. Rick Mears won the Indy 500. The Seattle SuperSonics took the NBA Championship. Saddam Hussein assumed power in Iraq. Michael Jackson released his "Off The Wall" album. The Chrysler Corporation asked the government for $1 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy. ESPN signed on with an all sports format. Pope John Paul II visited the United States. The first "Star Trek" movie hit screens all across the country. The Soviet Union seized control of Afghanistan. The population of China hit 1 Billion people. Montreal won hockey’s Stanley Cup. "The Deer Hunter" was the best picture at the Academy Awards. Billy Joel’s "Just The Way You Are" won the Grammy for best song. Movie hero John Wayne, Maestro Arthur Fiedler and Governor Nelson Rockerfeller all passed away. What a year. Of course, most of the people and events of 1979 are just thirty year old memories now. But the partnership called Binder and Binder® that Harry and Charles formed thirty years ago is still going strong. In fact, we are now "America’s Most Successful Social Security Disability Advocates. And we have big plans for this new year. We’re installing new technology for national video conferencing, and opening regional offices in at least four more cities. Those are a couple of ambitious goals in these tough financial times. But doing those things will help us keep our focus where it belongs...on doing what we do, "better and nicer" for our clients. That’s a Binder family tradition. |
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