Word: importance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plugging orange juice for the folks at Minute Maid, Crooner Bing Crosby will soon sing the praises of a more potent libation. At a $10,000 bash for the press in Beverly Hills last week, Crosby, 75, and Comedian Phil Harris, 69, announced the formation of their own import company. The pair's first product: Mexico's Herradura Tequila, a blue-chip potable that will sell in the U.S. for $13 a fifth. "It's a natural," says der Bingle. "Phil has been known to take a drink from time to time. If he does half...
...that, but I surely wish they'd cut out the self-delusion that moves them (and male clubbies) to try and get me to believe that their clubs are not, or will not be, elitist or socially exclusive. To quote from your article, it is hard to fathom the import of Dr. Chase Peterson's words. "Too few people are involved in final clubs to feel excluded if they were unable to join." This is a curious brand of Twist-O-Flex logic to say that a member of a majority group seeking access to a minority clique will...
...Total imports in 1985 may conceivably drop to 1.7 million bbl. a day, provided that the U.S. enacts a strong energy conservation program in addition to following Ford's other legislative remedies. On the other hand, if Congress bucks the President's call for decontrolled prices and eased environmental laws, which seems likely, the nation can expect to import 11.3 million bbl. of oil a day in 1985. FEA's report attempts only to provide an objective basis for future energy decisions. Its figures nonetheless give a timely warning that in the foreseeable future there...
...Lockheed agent in Colombia, once wrote matter-of-factly to the U.S. company that "4% or 5% is usually needed to consummate transactions in the price range of Lockheed products. A number of people involved not only in making decisions to buy but also in the financing approvals, import licenses, contract negotiations, etc., etc., expect part...
...compact, which is now be ing discussed in Congress. The island would be explicitly recognized as a sovereign entity voluntarily choosing union with the U.S. Puerto Ricans would remain U.S. citizens but, unless they live on the mainland, still could not vote for fed eral offices. Most important, Puerto Rico would gain full autonomy in specific areas, perhaps including the setting of minimum wages, environmental controls and tariffs, and regulating immigration. It would be able to import some goods without paying duties...