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...cocktail parties, consider Calvin Klein's salmon crepe-de-chine long-sleeved blouse with banded collar, and his separate matching narrow-front wrap skirt (both for $232). Finally, for that most glamorous evening, the jewel of the wardrobe: Halston's peach silk crepe-de-chine evening jumpsuit, bare back, with halter top, bias cowl neck and bias self-sash at waist...
...practice of humanizing his heroes by having them blunder into dangerous situations had become a tendency to portray his protaganists as, well, creeps. Like Arthur Abdul Simpson, the hero of Dirty Story, who is first introduced in The Light of Day. There he is blackmailed by a jewel ring into smuggling guns, and in turn blackmailed by the Turkish police into infiltrating the mob (a decent film, Topkapi, was made from this; Peter Ustinov made an excellent creep). Anyway, Simpson is the son of a British army man stationed in Cairo and an Egyptian woman. They are long dead...
...SALE. Old château-cozy rooms-observatory turrets-bird's-eye view of countryside-moss-lined alcoves containing sparkling gems looted from best jewel caskets of European nobility-occupants ready to leave at moment's notice-agent on premises...
...Abboud foresees the company's total assets growing to $25 billion in the next five years. One plan: rapid establishment of low-overhead, tellerless "branches" that will use computerized electronic machines for withdrawals and deposits. The bank has announced plans to open its first twelve such installations in Jewel food stores next month...
...retailers still face the urgent question: What will make consumers keep pouring into the nation's stores to part with their money? For some answers, store managers across the country increasingly are studying the phenomenal success of Federated Department Stores and especially its crown jewel, Bloomingdale's. Not every store, of course, can emulate Bloomingdale's specific techniques: ice cream made from Himalayan mangoes might not sell as well in the suburbs of Spokane as it does on Manhattan's East Side?especially not at $1.75 a pint. But any store can follow Bloomingdale's essential formula: first, know your...