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...regiments: the royal household's elite Life Guards, which sprang up in 1659 to restore Charles II to the throne; and the Blues and Royals, whose origins go back to the early empire. Scotland will see four famous regiments fused into two. The Queen's Own Highlanders and the Gordon Highlanders will be united, and two Lowland units, the King's Own Scottish Borderers and the Royal Scots, will be merged. Sir John Chapple, Chief of the General Staff, tried to put the best face on the situation. "Our objective will be an army that is lethal, versatile, smaller...
...Lemme just take this call," says producer Lawrence Gordon, interrupting an interview to grab the phone. What follows is one of those edgy Hollywood power conversations, laced with sarcasm, posturing and barely controlled venom. "What do you mean you have nothing to do with it?" says Gordon. "No, I don't believe you . . . Suppose I bid $5 million, will you take credit for it?" Gordon hangs up the phone, then says with a smile, "So now we have to go to plan...
...what is plan B, the interviewer asks. "Can't tell you," says Gordon. "Too dirty...
Meanwhile, the stampede of account switching has put a premium on the industry's creative talent. Gordon Bowen, a top creative executive at Ogilvy & Mather, hardly raised an eyebrow last week when six dozen roses were delivered to him as he ate breakfast in a Manhattan restaurant. Rival agency McCann-Erickson sent the bouquet as part of its campaign to persuade him to switch shops. As the principal executive on the restless American Express account, Bowen conceivably could leave home with the business. If that were to happen, $300 worth of roses would go down in advertising history...
...EDMUND GORDON, YALE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE...