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...more direct forms of control, however, multinational chiefs showed little enthusiasm. GM Vice Chairman Thomas Murphy complained that U.N. regulation would simply add one further and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy to those already faced by businessmen investing abroad. Jacques G. Maison-rouge, president of IBM's huge World Trade Corp., noted that Third World nations frequently seek to dilute the power of multinationals within their borders by requiring that subsidiaries of foreign-based corporations be partly or even primarily owned by local investors. Maisonrouge cautioned against any U.N. attempt to foster such rules because they "cripple the effectiveness...
...Commission on Human Rights resolution that referred to Israeli "war crimes." The Israelis also demurred when Paris decided to send a political old-timer-Assembly Member Louis Joxe, an ex-Justice Minister-instead of a current Cabinet Minister to next week's dedication of a maison de France at the Hebrew University...
...Bailey could have found a better barker. Who sold this guy to Yevtushenko, I don't know and why Yevtushenko not only let him butcher the lyrics but also appeared to approve of the fallen, uneven slices is beyond poetic sensibility. Nonetheless, Barry Boys was the specialite de la maison. After he had finished his reading. Yevtushenko read the poem in Russian a pattern loosely adhered to all night...
...started with several hats and "one dress, but a tasteful dress." added sweaters, and within five years had made Maison Chanel a fashion house to reckon with. Coco introduced the tricot sailor frock and the pullover sweater, unearthed wool jersey from its longtime service as underwear fabric and put it to use in soft, clinging dresses. She ushered in gypsy skirts, embroidered silk blouses and accompanying shawls. Even then, Chanel clothes were as high-priced as any Paris couturier's; but only Chanel delighted in having her styles copied -and made accessible at low cost to millions...
After his 21st birthday, Prince Eddy was commissioned in the tenth Hussars, his father's regiment. On one occasion, according to Philippe Jullian in his book Edward and the Edwardians, "the police discovered the Duke in a maison de rencontre of a particularly equivocal nature during a raid . . . The young man's evil reputation soon spread. The rumor gained ground that he was Jack the Ripper . . ." Because of his unusually long neck, his father would tell children of the royal family, "Don't call him Uncle Eddy, call him Uncle-Eddy-Collars-and-Cuffs." Until his death...