Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them 3,000 metric tons of "Barahona," a choice Arabic blend grown in the Dominican Republic, at a bargain price. Reportedly, Fessler and some cohorts produced all the documents attesting to the availability of the coffee, and the deal was clinched last October on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. The Cubans agreed to a price of $1.39 a lb., vs. $1.54 on the world market. In a later meeting, the Cubans asked if they could inspect the coffee. No need for that, Fessler assured them. Everything was fine...
There are amateurs and pros among writers too. One of the most influential pros is Ed McBain. He did not invent the police "procedural," but his 87th Precinct books have attracted several imitators, especially in Europe. The most famous is the Martin Beck series by the Swedish couple Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, who made their Stockholm cops into moody eccentrics and stopped their plots for digressions into psychology and politics...
...relatively swift rise of Gulf & Western must be regarded as a noteworthy success story, and the company is now seeking to share the most recent installment of that story with TIME'S audience. The unusual advertising message appears in TIME alone. As G & W Executive Vice President Martin S. Davis puts it, "We consider TIME readers very much a part of our success." We too consider the quality of our readers, along with the thoroughness of our news coverage, to be responsible for the high reputation TIME enjoys in the advertising and financial communities...
...quote Seymour Martin Lipset as saying, "Carter is in the same boat as Nixon, looking good abroad while facing a sea of domestic troubles" [Jan. 1]. Of course Carter faces a sea of domestic troubles, but he does not look good abroad, certainly not in Europe. Americans can play it down or explain it away, but they should not ignore...
...Martin's Press; 210 pages...