Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Phony," that most perfect word of Holden Caufield's vocabulary. That most concise sense of Salinger's classic work. And yet phoniness, like its sibling rival, sincerity, does not find expression in some sterile post-production studio...
When Coca-Cola Chairman Roberto Goizueta announced in April that the company was changing the secret formula of Coke, he proclaimed that "the best has been made even better." After public outrage forced Goizueta to bring back the original brew as Coca-Cola Classic in July, he still hoped that the sweeter taste of new Coke would catch on. So far, however, the majority of Coke buyers seem to prefer the Real Thing. The company has not released comparative sales figures, but a survey by Beverage Digest showed that in seven of ten markets studied, Classic is outselling new Coke...
...proliferation of brands has added fizz to Coke's overall business. The company says sales in July and August of new Coke, Classic Coke and Cherry Coke, another product unveiled this year, were 10% higher than sales of old Coke in the same months of 1984. But the expense of promoting the brands has hurt Coke's bottom line. Last week the company predicted that its 1985 operating income would be "up slightly or flat" when compared with the 1984 figure. Coke's less than bubbly outlook helped send its stock down nearly 2 points last week...
...Great War ended, emotions and prophecies were tumultuously released. The job of tracing and cataloging them would require librarian, detective, scholar and interpreter. Stanley Weintraub, a Pennsylvania State University professor, is that committee. A Stillness Heard Round the World is a classic instance of information retrieval presented without bias or thesis. Unlike Paul Fussell, whose The Great War and Modern Memory (1975) brilliantly traced the outlines of World War I on contemporary art and life, Weintraub is content to play the role of time machine, flashing backward to gather the testimonies of eyewitnesses. They are unfailingly provocative...
...mostly new segments (two to three per hour) based on stories by such writers as Stephen King, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke; the directors include William Friedkin, Joe Dante (Gremlins) and Robert Downey (Putney Swope). The show has the difficult task of living up to Rod Serling's classic series, but the early signs are encouraging. A segment in the premiere show features Melinda Dillon as a harried housewife who has the power to make her noisy world stop dead in its tracks. The tone of antic irony, however, leaves the viewer unprepared for a bleak and jarring denouement...