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COMPILED FROM NEWSWEEK DEC 23, 1985
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LOTS OF PEOPLE LOVE NEW YORK'S CEN-
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TRAL PARK, BUT FEW LOVE IT AS MUCH
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AS MILLIONAIRE GEORGE DELACORTE.
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OVER THE YEARS, THE 92-YEAR-OLD
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PHILANTHROPIST PAID FOR THE PARK'S
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OUTDOOR DELACORTE THEATRE, THE
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ANIMATED DELACORTE CLOCK AT THE
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PARK'S ZOO AND THE FAMOUS ALICE
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IN WONDERLAND STATUE NEAR THE BOAT
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POND.
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WALKING THROUGH THE PARK ONE MOR-
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NING LAST WEEK, DELACORTE AND HIS
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WIFE VALERIE, 66, WERE MUGGED BY
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KNIFE-WIELDING ATTACKERS WHO TOOK
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$200 AND MRS. DELACORTE'S $5,500
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MINK COAT -- BRUISING HIS FACE
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AND NICKING HER HAND IN THE PRO-
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CESS. DELACORTE SAYS THE ATTACK
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WON'T ALTER HIS 60-YEAR-OLD CUS-
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TOM OF WALKING DAILY THROUGH THE
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PARK -- BUT HE *WAS* OFFENDED BY
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HIS ASSAILANT'S LACK OF MANNERS.
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"AFTER THEY TOOK MY MONEY THEY
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COULD HAVE SAID, 'THANKS FOR
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BUILDING THAT STATUE'," HE SAID.
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"BUT THEY DIDN'T."
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MANNERS.
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"AF |