Word: max
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...swarms of Indian soldiers into shops stocked with inexpensive foreign luxury items seldom seen in India because of the government's stringent import restrictions. Shopkeepers did a brisk business in transistor radios, cameras, electric appliances, cosmetics, perfumes, wines. In one Pangim shop alone, Indian soldiers bought 1,400 Max Factor lipsticks. Truckloads of refrigerators were purchased by army officers for shipment home. But the days of the modest boom are numbered. High on the agenda of the Indian government is the introduction into Goa of the same import bans that apply to the rest of India...
...HONEYMOON MACHINE. The production-line product at close to its best: a neat little cybernetic comedy in which the bank at a Venice casino is broken by a fellow named MAX (Magnetic Analyzer Computer Synchrotron...
...actions, felt a vague unease. The New York Post, a champion of the U.N. since its birth in San Francisco, searched for encouraging words, came up with an editorial noting that some of the current criticism was issuing from the far-right John Birch Society. Post Columnist Max Lerner took the line that since the U.N. had ignited the fire in Katanga, its defenders were stuck: "In this case, there is plenty of room for doubt about the wisdom of the U.N.'s action but no room for hesitancy about backing...
Nokin is a trained accountant, engineer and economist who combines openminded vigor with abiding respect for the conventions that have made La Générale one of the world's most powerful corporations. "Our tradition is to invest in new things that are sure," says Max Nokin. "Our tradition prevents us from being rash...
...continuing shift to European investments will be accelerated with the coming to power of Max Nokin, who has made his career in the offices of Brussels instead of under the joyless African sun. But though there will be innovations, there will be no icon smashing. Says Nokin: "We have to change with the prudence expected of a woman who is 139 years...