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...name refers to Friedrich Flick Industrieverwaltung KGaA, a Düsseldorf-based firm that is one of the world's largest industrial holding companies. A $3.4 billion concern, Flick has substantial interests in steel, chemicals and banking. It is now run by Friedrich Karl Flick, 57, the youngest and only living son of Friedrich Flick, who began the business...
...political unity and on Bonn's views of East-West relations. But that does not fully explain the Chancellor's eagerness to become the first major West European leader to visit the President since his reelection. Another Kohl motive: to get a breather from the so-called Flick affair, a 33-month probe into alleged political payoffs that has become one of the worst political scandals in West German history...
...some people think nothing of leaving the cap off or nonchalantly squeezing from the 1 middle of the tube. But now U.S. makers of "dentifrice think they can bring harmony to the bathroom sink with a packaging breakthrough: the pump, a hard plastic container that dispenses toothpaste with a flick of the thumb...
...Flick the television set on these past few weeks and what did you see? A cinemascopic shot of a bunting-bedecked stage set between sunny crowds and smiling skies. Then a closeup of Ronald Reagan, standing against a blue backdrop (always blue) and delivering in patented style (bob of the head, hint of a grin) a homey Americanism. Cut to the faces of his listeners, some aglow in admiration, others damp with tears. A band bursts into melody, balloons sail heavenward, and cheers erupt from a thousand throats...
Alexis, daahr-ling. Of course we know that you and Dynasty are simply the last word in TV glamour. But have you noticed the crowd you have attracted lately? That nasty Morgan Fairchild on Paper Dolls makes and breaks the careers of models half her age with the flick of a fingernail and looks smashing while doing it. The women of Dallas have taken a page from your book and hired their own designer to come up with dazzling new outfits to wear around Southfork. Even TV detectives, for heaven's sake, are starting to look like fashion spreads...