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Word: firmnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wide Appeal. Jenkins is a practical socialist whose views do not differ widely from Callaghan's. He is a firm backer of Britain's entry into the Common Market, favors some relaxation of government controls and greater tax incentives for industry. The son of a coal miner who was a Labor M.P., he went to Oxford not on a scholarship but on his father's earnings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Man for All Sacrifices | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

Recognizing the special status and power of Austria's musicians, the French-based investment firm Investors Overseas Services has now started a mutual-fund service exclusively for them - the first time such a program been offered to musicians anywhere in the world. While it is too early to predict the success of I.O.S.'s unusual venture there can be no doubt, as a company official said last week, that "the money is there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Profession: By The Blue-Chip Danube | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

Cable to actor from his Manhattan agent:DON'T LAUGH. HAVE FIRM OFFER FOR TARZAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Casting: Guestward Ho | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

...final offer. That could mean trouble for Allis-Chalmers, which has already been hit with a stockholders' suit challenging the rejection of Ling's offer; one party that expressed displeasure with the Signal get-together was Kleiner, Bell & Co., a Beverly Hills, Calif., brokerage firm believed to hold some 14% of Allis-Chalmers' stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Signal Accomplishment | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

...boutiques and big department stores such as Paris' Au Printemps are saying "no sale" to those who want on-the-spot discounts. On the other hand, Liz on the Rue de Rivoli, which counts on Americans for 90% of its business, will go on as before-though the firm is now providing airport-bound customers with buses staffed by hostesses who help with the confusion at customs. And at Dior last week, Director Jean-Marc Depoix comfortingly reassured his jet-set clientele that Dior's 15% discount would be granted as usual, added that "our foreign friends have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Coveat Tourist | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

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