article_snippet.sent: (CNN)American suburbanites who can do all their shopping without getting wet, driving from point-to-point or looking for a new place to park, can give much of the credit to Alfred Taubman.
article_snippet.sent: Alfred Taubman -- Alfred Taubman first name was Adolph -- was born January 31, 1924, in Michigan to German Jewish immigrants who hit hard times during the Great Depression.
article_snippet.sent: I started working when I was 9," A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name told an interviewer in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: An Army Air Force veteran of World War II, A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name studied architecture at the University of Michigan and Lawrence Institute of Technology near Detroit, and worked for an architectural firm, but decided that drawing wasn't the path to success.
article_snippet.sent: In A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name autobiography, "Threshold Resistance:
article_snippet.sent: A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name founded the Taubman Co. in 1950 and began to demonstrate what the company's website calls an "ability to assess and overcome threshold resistance -- a phrase A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name coined to describe the psychological and physical barriers that keep a shopper from entering a store.
article_snippet.sent: Demographically, I looked at the numbers, and as far as I was concerned we couldn't miss," A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name recalled in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: In 1983, A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name bought the renowned international auction house Sotheby's.
article_snippet.sent: And in 2002 A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name was jailed following a conviction for conspiring with rival auction house Christie's to fix auction house commission rates to maximize profits.
article_snippet.sent: A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name was released in 2003 after having served nine months in prison.
article_snippet.sent: A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name always maintained A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name innocence, saying one of A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name underlings had lied about A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name to keep from going to prison prison.
article_snippet.sent: A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name first project was a freestanding bridal shop in Detroit.
article_snippet.sent: And A. Alfred Taubman -- his first name influence stretched far from the American soil and into the thriving markets of China and South Korea.