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424:, April 15, 2012. Accessed April 16, 2012. "The deaths of several important figures in Mr. Jacobs's life, among them his illustrious grandfather, the labor negotiator Theodore Kheel, who lived to 96, also give gravitas to "Drop Dead Healthy"; Mr. Jacobs is, after all, boosting his own abilities while he watches those of the once-effervescent Mr. Kheel wane."
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In explaining his approach on reaching a settlement, Kheel said that "It is like sculpting an elephant: you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant and what's left is an elephant. When you are trying to get a labor contract, you do the same thing. You chip away everything that
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