Word: flam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Less feisty bookmen admit that they are already moving unsold books out of their warehouses at an accelerated pace. Says Viking Treasurer Theodore Flam: "We're talking about a reverse effect on cash flow. We are losing money on our inventory, and we can't afford to. We might not be publishing the marginal, slower-selling books any longer. It's costing publishers tax money up front now. Publishing, in the end, will lose out." Hard-pressed houses are being forced to remainder their stock (sell it at a large discount and turn the loss into...
...career, he profiled Dollar Bill Bradley, one of the four or five greatest college basketball players of all time. A decent man, a hard-working man, a disciplined man, in the last analysis a dull man. McPhee celebrates the cerebral boredom that marked Bradley's game-"He dislikes flam-boyance, and, unlike some of basketball's greatest stars, has apparently never made a move merely to attract attention...Bradley calls practically all men 'Mister' whose age exceeds his won by more than a couple of years." The piece gives some insight into the dynamics of a hook shot, stresses...