Word: bonanza
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beatles blitz. Beginning in June, Capitol Records, an EMI subsidiary, will saturate radio and TV stations with Beatles commercials; stores will be stuffed with mobiles, contest blanks, souvenirs and posters of Paul, John, George and Ringo. Says Capitol Vice President Dan Davis: "It will be a real Beatles bonanza." Get set, America...
There is a possibility too that congressional tax reformers will end the bonanza. A bill that would have erased most of the tax advantages of investing in movies passed the House last year. It is pending before the Senate Finance Committee and a new attempt to muster votes for it probably will be made in 1976. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Vice President Burton R. Marcus concedes that the current law has bred abuses that "constitute a rip-off and ought to be eliminated." Like other motion-picture executives, however, he is afraid that Congress may enact legislation that would damage...
...Merit, known as "the poor man's Legion of Honor." No limit was placed on the number of these awards, and 90,000 have already been given to such people as a carpet-factory foreman, the head of off-track betting and a bicycle-race winner. The bonanza of medals is not restricted to Frenchmen. "During a French state visit to, say, Egypt," notes one French diplomat, "we'll toss out 40 Legions of Honor" -adding that of course the French expect to get that many medals in return...
...going to cover it." Indeed, the President can hardly expect journalists to do anything but report the tumbles along with the triumphs-especially this election year as Ford reaches for all the headlines and air time he can. His abundantly reported China trip last fall produced a bonanza of favorable exposure, if little news. Last weekend Ford taped an interview with Chancellor for a network documentary on foreign policy...
Inside the bank a stereotyped sit-com develops around Sonny, his stupid accomplice, ten giggly bank tellers, and the irate manager. Outside, the street scene becomes an urbanized Bonanza as fleets of cops swarm up the fire-escapes, helicopters circle overhead, FBI men flood to the scene, and reporters come puffing up with their cameramen. It's an official's dream: what police chief, FBI man, or reporter has ever had enough time to cover a bank robbery on the spot? Indeed, what film director...