Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Postponing a Raise. Congress would nonetheless be well advised to knock out some of the accelerated depreciation and give more tax relief to individuals, preferably by postponing part of an increase in Social Security taxes proposed to take effect Jan. 1. Congress is now considering a bill to boost the total paid by people earning $10,200 or more a year from $406 to $551, wiping out for many families all the personal tax breaks requested by Nixon. Postponing some of this increase, rather than legislating further permanent tax cuts, would serve a double purpose. It would put more spending...
...associates are younger than he is, felt that the bags under his eyes might hold him back professionally and made a quick decision after he saw what Dr. Kurt Wagner, a Beverly Hills surgeon, did for his girl friend. "I told Wagner: 'I want what you did to Jan.' " A week later, he underwent a three-hour, $800 blepharoplasty (eyelid operation). "Now," jokes Holmes, "I look into the mirror every morning and say: 'God you're beautiful...
TWICE a year, Emperor Hirohito of Japan greets his subjects from a balcony of the Imperial Palace in the heart of Tokyo. Even these rare public appearances?on Jan. 2 and April 29, his birthday?have an atmosphere of isolation. Since 1969, when a deranged man fired a metal ball at them with a slingshot, Hirohito and Empress Nagako have been protected by a thick transparent shield. Last week, when four students invaded the palace grounds to protest the Emperor's trip to Europe, they had no idea where to locate him. When they hesitated, palace guards caught up with...
Last week the Wallenbergs announced the creation of a bank befitting the rest of their empire. On Jan. 1, Stockholms Enskilda will merge with Sweden's second largest commercial bank, Skandinaviska Banken, to form Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. The new bank will have assets of $4.2 billion, not quite large enough to rank among FORTUNE'S top 50 foreign banks but supreme in a country of 8,000,000 people. The two merging banks will disappear; Marcus Wallenberg, 72, will be chairman of the new enterprise, and his 47-year-old son Marc will be assistant managing director. Lars...
...Andres Gimeno-declined to enter the tournament. Margaret Court Smith, the defending women's champion, could not come because she is pregnant. Wimbledon Champ Evonne Goolagong, the 20-year-old Australian aborigine sensation, said she had decided to take a rest. Then, in the first round, unseeded Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia eliminated another big name when he upset top-seeded John Newcombe. After that Chris Evert, the 16-year-old schoolgirl who captured the fancy of the fans, got spanked 6-3, 6-2 by top-seeded Billie Jean King in the semifinals. Then the rains came, delaying play...