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| | AmericanHeritage.com / Conrad Hilton’s Secret of Success |
 | | In today’s cultural zeitgeist, the name Hilton may conjure red carpets and racy videotapes more than hotels and humanitarianism, but long before Paris Hilton became an inescapable fixture in the world of popular culture, her great-grandfather Conrad built a hotel empire on a foundation of perseverance and faith. |
 | | The Great Depression proved debilitating to rich and poor alike, and Conrad Hilton was one of many future titans of business the devastatingly stagnant economy left grappling with a drastic loss of profits. |
 | | Despite disputes among Hilton family members, especially Conrad’s son Barron, about the foundation’s endowment, it continues to work to aid the Catholic Sisters, promote safe water development, blindness prevention, housing for the mentally ill homeless, and substance-abuse prevention, among other things. |
| www.americanheritage.com /people/articles/web/20060802-conrad-hilton-paris-hilton-hotel-waldorf-astoria-barron-catholicism.shtml (862 words) |
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