Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Below the Snake. Measured against the pound or lira, the French franc looks strong. Measured against the deutsche mark, it seems weak-mostly because prices are rising more than 31½ times as fast in France (an annual rate of 9.6%) as in Germany. France is a member of the "snake," a group of eight European countries that have pledged to keep currency-exchange rates within a 4.5% range of fluctuation; the franc is trading right at the bottom of that range. Some French industrialists would welcome a devaluation as a means of making French products cheaper abroad, and some...
...Angeles firm of Sam Nassi Co.. which specializes in liquidating bankrupt retailers, has been overseeing the sales. Nassi, 54, himself a former discount retailer (whose first liquidation was of his own store), says that the object of the dismantling is to "get the most money out as fast as you can." Apparently, he has been doing just that for Grant. Before they closed their doors, the remaining Grant stores in the West, South and Midwest moved some $235 million worth of goods...
Long Absence. Marian could not have been in safer hands. "I've never made a film so fast and I would like to have had more time," Hepburn says now. "But he is very different-extraordinary, spontaneous. Everything has to be new, practically impromptu." Adds a studio executive, with his own brand of diplomacy: "Audrey could get along with Hitler, but Lester is not in her scrapbook of unforgettable characters...
...first act moved fast. Intermission backstage involved more balloon-blowing, song-humming and cleaning up. People were grimy from rolling on the floor and squeezing pears and bananas. Elizabeth Genovese played the theme from "Love Story" on a dusty grand piano. The costume mistress lugged five popcorn costumes--27 pounds worth of shredded foam rubber. "Don't miss the best part," everyone advised. About ten minutes into Act Two they hurled themselves into those costumes in the back lobby of the theater for the popcorn ballet. The lightening quick change was an art--wigs off, costumes off, leotards bare, popcorns...
Onstage the sounds of the strike are deafening. People work fast, unscrewing lights, taking out wires, ripping up tapes and hammering out every nail to save wood for future productions. Most of the people striking are crew from Godspell, the next show scheduled in the theater. Maybe that's why they seem so happy to demolish the set. One person on the techie circuit explained he spends every other Saturday striking a set of some sort. "I'm just here to rip it apart," he says. Douglas Hughes is hurrying because he's president of the Premiere Society...