Word: expressivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also apt to suffer from acquisitionitis-the compulsion to get something, no matter how inferior, from as many periods and schools as possible. Advises Rich: "Put the prospective acquisition next to the Goya or the Rembrandt, to see how it holds up. If it doesn't, call Railway Express at once...
...shoulder-length hairdo to replace the sausage curls she has worn since Victorian times, even sports a toga that looks as if it had been designed by Emilio Pucci rather than the Emperor Hadrian. A spokesman for the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street groped for the right words to express the bank's official comment, came up with, "She's a glamour puss. We are really with...
...need to extend credit for sophomore tutorial is not very great in Government, according to Lakoff. He mentioned that there was no need for tutorial to serve as a background course, as it does in Social Studies. "If you meroly want a tutorial as a place to express ideas, then credit is unnecessary," he said...
Aside from the U.S. Treasury, the only group that stands to profit from the Internal Revenue Service's new ruling on expense account spending is the nation's credit card companies. Already a $425 million-a-year business, the card companies-led by Diners' Club. American Express, and Carte Blanche-hope to grow still bigger by trading on an unusual commodity: embarrassment. Since IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin has ruled that expense account items for entertainment costing $25 or more must be substantiated, they are counting on businessmen to avoid the unpleasantness of asking for a receipt...
...American Express (890,000 cardholders) and Diners' Club (1,250,000) have also profited by tightening up their operations. Though its earnings are buried within Amexco's overall figures, Amexco's credit card last year turned its first profit since starting five years ago, had billings of $189 million. For its current business year, Diners' Club will probably show earnings of about $2,000,000 on billings of $200 million. Both companies have cut thousands of poor risks from their rolls, and Amexco has installed a sophisticated data processing system that sends out not only bills...