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...prizes those products that help foster a fresh, natural appearance. As the senior reporter-researcher in the Economy and Business section, Raffety suggested and worked on this week's cover story about one of the cosmetics industry's largest retail companies, Revlon, and its president, Michel Bergerac...
Reporting on an industry redolent of mystery and the exotic, Raffety was most fascinated by Bergerac himself. Her explanation: "I always suspected that people in this business were somewhat artificial-speaking with broad accents, for example, or constantly using endearments like 'darling.' Bergerac could not be more genuine: he is warm and friendly without being mushy, and he possesses a quick, dry sense of humor. I especially enjoyed watching him on his farm as he fed lettuce to his goat Dudley and played with his two baby lambs. Bergerac is as comfortable in the woods...
...Senior Writer George Church, who expounds on trade deficits and inflation spirals with ease, the story of Bergerac and the beauty business turned out to be one of his toughest covers...
Cancer Surgery. Thrice married, most recently to Lyn Fisher Sheresky Revson, whom he divorced in 1974, Revson was aware that he was dying after cancer surgery last year and began to look for a successor. The man he chose is Michel Bergerac, 43, former president of ITT-Europe, a capable, urbane Frenchman (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who was lured to Revlon by a $5 million contract and a chance to run his own show. Bergerac plans to work on, among other things, developing greater management depth at Revlon-one detail that never interested Revson...
...prizes for poetry-or roughly one prize for every French poet, according to a cynical Paris critic. There are prizes for the best novels about soccer, vacations, volcanoes and happy old age. The Grand Prix Litteraire des Vins du Périgord de la Région de Bergerac goes to the best literary celebration of the glories of Perigord wine. First prize: half a barrel of Périgord wine. The Prix Mystère et Cognac, which was unfortunately abolished this year, traditionally went to the best detective novel whose hero drank cognac. There are even awards...