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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member sales force, has been growing almost as rapidly. In part because more women are working, and they have both the need and the cash to buy plenty of cosmetics, sales this year are running 23% over last year's record $1.6 billion. Costume jewelry has become Avon's fastest-growing line, from nothing in 1970 to $260 million last year. Avon does not intend to abuse the Tiffany name in flogging its own cheaper wares. Says John Riedy, an analyst at Drexel, Burnham, Lambert: "That would be like putting a Rolls Royce label on a Pinto." Instead, the company...
...When one of the lap counters made a valiant attempt to stop Hackett, he cut the Olympian's foot open in the process. The meet stopped while Hackett was taped up by the trainers. Hackett then proceeded to reel off a smoking 9:05 in the race (certainly the fastest time in the nation so far this season), lopping a mere 30 seconds off the Navy pool record, and leading a sweep that tied the meet at eight...
...that meet, Hackett copped the title of third in the world in the 1500-meter free, by sailing home in 15:22, and then chipped in with the second fastest 200-meter split in the world (1:49) as part of the American 800-meter free relay...
...business of regulating business is one of the fastest-growing areas of government. It is also fast becoming one of the most criticized, even though nobody denies the need for some regulation or the benefits of clean air, pure water, safe products, healthy workers and employed minorities. An alliance of liberals and conservatives now protest that regulation is excessive and the benefits are not worth the price. They have found an ally in Jimmy Carter, who promises to battle regulatory excess as part of his Stage II anti-inflation plan. And not a moment too soon. "Our regulatory system," asserts...
This year Americans will buy a record $22 billion worth of goods through catalogues, brochures and other kinds of mail-order offerings. Such purchases have become the fastest growing area of U.S. retailing, and they now account for fully 18% of all the general merchandise sold. Some experts believe that that percentage will grow much more. Maxwell Sroge, a Chicago-based mail-order consultant, goes so far as to assert that catalogue sales may prove to be the biggest revolution in shopping ever. Says he: "If you have insomnia, you can shop at four in the morning...