Word: manner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...individual salesman acts ethically or not is his decision alone. Each Southwestern salesman agrees, in writing, "to operate in his own way, within his designated territory, in selling books published by the company," and that "Dealer shall be free to exercise his own judgement as to time, place, and manner of selling books purchased under this contract, within the territory designated by company and agreed upon." Southwestern trains its students only in reputable, honest sales practices, for it could not maintain its good standing as a charter member of both the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and Better Business Bureau unless...
Covering rock music during its acid-hard past used to be something of an athletic contest for correspondents, who had to dodge all manner of bodyguards and groupies to talk to the stars. This week's cover subject, Paul McCartney, the Beatle who came back as a Wing, is not short of fans or muscle-a burly ex-football player guards his door. But Correspondent James Willwerth found that his main obstacle on this assignment was, of all things for a rock hero, McCartney's keen devotion to family life. "Paul was far more interested in being with...
French President Charles de Gaulle acted "in the manner of a supreme commander asking for information from a sector commander" when he first met West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt in 1959. Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, on the other hand, led the way to a well-stocked party when he welcomed Willy, then Chancellor of West Germany, to the Crimea years later. Brandt's account of both meetings is part of his upcoming memoirs, Encounters and Insights, the first installment of which appeared last week in the West German newsmagazine Der Spiegel. Lyndon Johnson, writes Brandt, was basically...
Doubts, recriminations, bitterness. "You rarely get artists who are good businessmen as well," comments James Taylor, whose first album was issued by Apple and lost in the prevailing madness. "The Beatles were artists." It is not over yet. Klein is still suing Apple Corps Ltd. for all manner of unclaimed commissions. This legal furor to date has cost the Beatles ? 7 million in royalties...
...following is an interview with Fallaci, in which she responded to some of these questions. Held in my imagination, the Fallaci-style discussion took place in a hall of mirrors. In every pane you could see the diminutive, dynamic--her whirlwind manner is famous--Italian, reflected from a different angle. I can't say for sure I ever say her, in all the fragmented images and quotations. But Fallaci was not distressed when I told her this at the end of the interview; she does not believe in objective reality. She repeated what she had said in the preface...