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Says Brenda Bird, a buyer for Alexander's, the big New York department store chain: "We can't keep them in stock. Price is no object." Agrees Kal Ruttenstein, a Saks Fifth Avenue vice president: "It's the only fashion silhouette this fall." Retailers and manufacturers, reports Women's Wear Daily, "are already viewing it as the sleeper of '75." Cinnamon Wear, a sprightly New York fashion house, has filled 10,000 orders for its lower-priced ($45 to $50) jumpsuits since last spring; Saks stores across the U.S. have sold...
...years ago, but not any more. He talks about Harvard in terms of where it will take him after graduation. He sees his long list of extracurricular activities--president of Crimson Key, Mather House Council, member of the Coop Board of Directors--and his summer job as a buyer for a New York department store--as proof of marketable skills...
None of the operators are crooks but they don't exactly stress caveat emptor either. A smart buyer knows how not to get stuck with a bum part. Every yard on the alley will test any movable part upon request and most are proud to explain the special one-time guarantee--the part will be replaced free of charge if it fails to work up to and including the first time it is used after installation...
...heart attack; during a visit to Nevatim, a Negev agricultural village. Nicknamed "Bulldozer" for his drive and blunt pugnacity, burly, Polish-born Sapir immigrated to Palestine in 1929, was jailed by the British in 1933 for his militant labor organizing, and became David Ben-Gurion's roving weapons buyer during the 1948 war of independence. As Commerce and later Finance Minister for most of the past 20 years, Sapir was Israel's Midas, tapping his broad foreign contacts for the billions of dollars needed for arms and industrialization. A behind-the-scenes political broker in Israel...
...surprise. Optional features, such as air conditioning and power steering, will average 6% higher than last year, and GM models will generally carry less standard equipment. Many once standard items like tachometers, steel-belted radials and power brakes have been made optional-particularly on compacts and subcompacts-and the buyer will have to pay extra if he wants them. In effect, higher options prices will add another $62 to the final price of an average car, for an overall increase of 4.7%. GM Chairman Thomas Murphy contends that the increases will not off set the company's rising production...