Word: controls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...patently not a well man; according to Western intelligence experts, his various ailments may include gout, leukemia, emphysema and a heart condition. But whatever the current status of his health, the Soviet Union's President and party chief last week demonstrated that he is still firmly in control at the Kremlin. In a shuffle of top-level Communist Party jobs, he elevated one of his staunches! allies to the 13-member ruling Politburo, gave the boot to a prominent nonloyalist and further consolidated his hold on the country's decision-making apparatus...
...workers' meeting" that he would not make "exaggerated expenditures" on arms. Ceauşescu added; that Rumania "will not surrender to anyone the right to involve the Rumanian, military in any action"-a clear message to Moscow that Bucharest intends to keep its forces out of Soviet control...
...fetched prices that averaged just over 50% above last year's already exalted rates. By the time it becomes available in a Paris restaurant two or three years from now, a bottle of 1978 Pommard may cost as much as $50. "The Burgundy market is out of control," said Steven Spurrier, a Paris-based British wine expert and restaurateur...
...about acquisitions, finance, and the making and marketing of just about anything. At Revlon, while continuing to broaden the product line and promoting some new merchandising ideas, Chairman Bergerac, now 46, talks a language that was long unfamiliar to the cosmetics trade. It is a lingo of inventory control, strict manufacturing standards and tight, detailed budgets. The payoff: sales and profits have multiplied about 2% times during his four years as boss, growing more than twice as fast as the industry average. This year Revlon will earn about $125 million on sales of $1.5 billion. It will become the first...
...industry, of course, is not all paint and puffery. It has a hard technical side, as Bergerac points out. For example, a fragrance may exude an alluring aroma when first sprayed on but then change or lose its scent altogether in an hour, unless manufacturers observe the strictest quality control. Product testing can be as grueling as in a factory making any other kind of goods. To be sure that makeup will withstand long wear, Revlon sometimes requires a woman to sit for hours in a room where the temperature is 90° F. and the humidity 100%; windshield wipers have...