Word: firmnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...times the pianist sounds like Oscar Peterson or early Dave Brubeck, as he lays down a firm base of intricate rhythms and unpredictable chord progressions. The right hand produces a steady, lilting melodic line that can flow from originals to classic themes-as in Chopin Prelude/ How Insensitive, which leads from an E minor prelude into a bossa nova favorite with a similar mood and melody. Pretty good for a 15-year-old. As Critic Leonard Feather puts it, by the time Craig Hundley is old enough to shave, he might well be the best-known pianist in jazz...
Gourmetburger-embosomed with firm lush Bernaise [sic] sauce and necklaced with a Frenchly fried onion ring-garni of De Gaulle lemon slices-voil...
...menu should not merely list food," says Denis O'Sullivan, a vice president of the New York printing firm of B. R. Doerfler, which turns out menus for 625 different restaurants. "It should be a front-line salesman." Bold typography, two-color art work, odd shapes (a coffee mug, the state of Texas), and archaic or arcane spellings ("Chef's Sallet," "Stake wyth Asparagus," "Colde Lobfter") all provoke the diner's eye into paying attention to the day's specials. The most honest and sardonic sell of all is practiced by the Brookline, Mass., delicatessen...
...writes menus? Mainly the restaurateurs or their chefs, but sometimes the printing companies lend an inky hand. "We do the job," says, Jack Loftin of the Dallas printing firm of Menus Distinctive. "There's nothing to be ashamed about." Unashamed, a small band of professional writers hangs around the kitchen door. One freelancer, Barry Tarshis, who dubs himself the "Menu Surgeon," says: "A menu should relate logically to the restaurant. A whimsical menu for the hip crowd, for example, or a folksy menu for the family crowd. But if someone wants something really offbeat, I might even suggest...
...settling with the SEC, the firm managed to blunt some of the impact of the case. Still, the SEC publicly rebuked ten Merrill Lynch employees, and seven were ordered temporarily suspended without pay. Among them were Archangelo Catapano, a vice president and the firm's aerospace specialist, who was suspended for 60 days, Philip F. Bilbao, vice president and manager of institutional services, and five of his salesmen each drew 21 days. Three other Merrill Lynch employees, including two more vice presidents, were just censured. The commission also ordered Merrill Lynch to close its New York institutional sales office...