Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...popping like firecrackers"-including a "blockbuster" on crime. The President has sent out no fewer than 94 directives asking for reports and proposals across the spectrum of domestic problems. "The pace looks faster from the inside," says one of his urban-affairs advisers. "He's established some pretty firm machinery, and it's starting to crank out some pretty important action now. But it isn't frantic...
...East Germans have turned back only one truck, whose "military goods" consisted of belts, buckles and shoulder straps manufactured by a firm that makes accessories for firemen...
While student popularity is down, says Pollster Field, Governor Ronald Reagan's rating has climbed. Last month 78% of Californians approved his performance, compared with a low of 66% last year. The biggest factor in Reagan's popularity, reports Field, is his "firm handling of college riots...
Dissertation is not drama. Between hard covers it may pass as a Ph.D. thesis; on the open stage it is a cruel test of audience patience. In recent seasons, a firm of legalistic factmongers - Hoch-huth, Weiss and Kipphardt - has invaded the theater. They shuttle between distortion and documentation, rehashing past history and seasoning it generously with the catchup of guilt. Each of these playwrights is a displaced pedant who pretends to be stretching the mind. In actuality, he is merely inviting the audience to have a good...
Wells, Rich, Greene got the account in 1967, when Menley & James, which also makes Contac cold capsules, wanted a place in the $2 billion-a-year cosmetics market. At first, the company considered acquiring an existing cosmetics firm. President Peter Godfrey, who knew the then Mary Wells only by reputation, solicited her advice. Counseled Mary: "Don't buy a going concern. You'll get stuck with its image...