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...years. Liggett, looking for a way to reverse its steadily declining share, was the first major company to start selling the generics. Paced by its bestselling Chesterfield, Liggett had about 25% of sales in the 1940s, but that fell to less than 3% by 1981. Says President K.v.R. Dey Jr.: "We were the smallest kid on the block." The company was laying off workers, selling its foreign divisions and closing warehouses, when company executives hit on the idea of selling no-name cigarettes. Test marketing began in June 1980, and national distribution started in late 1981. The generics, costing...
...Montserratian and the reply will be "Me dey easy" (I'm easy) in an Irish brogue. The teardrop-shaped, 39½-sq.-mi. atoll (pop. 12,000) calls itself the Emerald Isle of the Car ibbean because it was largely settled by Irish Roman Catholic refugees starting in 1632. Montserrat's blacks, now 90% of the population, have owned their land since the early 19th century. They are very much in command of Erin West, and as cheery as their Connemara cousins...
...this point, the viewer tolerates a certain modicum of fatuousness. But about half-way through the encounter scenes of the two lovers-to-be, one begins to have serious doubts about the movie. Caroline, the girl Elgin falls in love with, is played by Susan Dey--former member of the Partridge Family--who does a decent job, considering she must portray one of those vague people who consistently has trouble figuring out what it is all about...
Toward the latter stages of First Love, Katt and Dey reveal that they have facial expressions in their repertoire other than the gaping, cow-like look of innocence that pervaded until then. Both actors begin to exhibit a fair amount of talent. Katt in particular allows his character to excogitate about the changes Elgin is undergoing with enough sang-froid to indicate that the soccer hero is gaining some perspective on life...
...only impressive win of the day for the lackluster Crimson, top seed Martha Roberts devoured opponent Judy Luber bagels and breadsticks. Playing number six, Lisa Greco provided one more straight set victory, beating Pam Dey 3 and 3, before the tiebreakers and the gloom began...