Word: burnisher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thereafter, crime dramas, shipboard romances, even westerns were adopted by the new art form. The results were often ludicrous but invariably profitable. To survive, almost every studio learned to experiment with musicals, but no company ever duplicated the burnish and exuberance of the MGM product. The proof can be found in That's Entertainment!, a two-hour retrospective backed by the current owners of MGM. These are operators who have converted studio real estate and properties into the MGM Grand Hotel, a Las Vegas monument to brashness and vulgarity. Still, if they are contemptuous of the future, they...
Even as Managua still smoldered, the Somoza regime began pondering reconstruction. Money posed no great problem; the Nixon Administration, which is anxious to burnish Washington's tarnished image in Latin America, would almost certainly be eager to help bankroll the building of a new capital. But where? Managua was now a three-time loser, it was true, but Leon, the country's second city (pop. 50,000), also lies in an earthquake zone...
...biggest gainers are expected to be cyclical issues, the stocks that react most directly to swings in the economy. For example, the projected spending burst for capital improvements should burnish the allure of heavy equipment and machine-tool issues. Business inventory accumulation, which is just now beginning in earnest, should brighten prospects for copper, aluminum, steel, chemical and paper stocks. Among the categories expected to lag in 1973 are food stocks, which analysts believe are already fully valued, still-limping aerospace stocks and many speculative issues. For a broad range of stocks, however, 1973 is shaping up as a gilt...
...hustings is hardly unexpected. For Pat, this is the ninth campaign and 26th year of politics, including those years when Nixon was politicking out of his law office instead of a public office. She has had eight years as second lady and four as First Lady in which to burnish her image to a high gloss. For Eleanor, this is the seventh campaign and 16th year in the field. For whatever advantage Pat has in experience, Eleanor can claim compensating interest. Of the two, Eleanor was far more exposed to politics in her youth. Otherwise, their backgrounds contain notable parallels...
...long sought to carve out a distinctive reputation as an enlightened, superbly coordinated international giant. To burnish its image, make friends and influence people, the company has put together a team of about 60 seasoned, high-priced specialists in public and Government relations and given them unusual scope to practice their craft. They are professional persuaders who try to woo the press, politicians, businessmen and anybody else who might be useful to the company. Except that it is somewhat larger and has more of a reputation for aggressiveness than most, ITT's public relations department is fairly typical...