Word: nailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s, Charles Revson introduced opaque nail polish and created Revlon Inc. Ever since, the cosmetics industry has been regarded as a good business even for bad times. Women, the theory went, could always be counted on to spend at least some of what little disposable income they had to look attractive and feel good about themselves...
...what makes it tick than ever will be learned by some young fellow from 500 or 1000 or 2000 miles away that some consultant tells you got good ratings there." In fact, he says, "That slightly tousled codger is going to exude more believability and integrity from the nail on the finger of his left hand than that pompadours, pampered announcer is ever going to muster. And isn't that what our news departments are all about, isn't that what you really want to sell: authority, believability, credibility and integrity...
...outrageous abuse of the judicial process. Chapter 11 is not intended for corporations with $2.2 billion in sales that are operating in the black." Vowed Ronald L. Motley, a Barnwell, S.C., attorney whose firm represents more than 3,000 claimants: "We're going to fight them tooth and nail in bankruptcy court...
...slow sales have forced the plans to be shelved for the time being. More immediately, the brewer has begun advertising heavily, and is in the process of adding a new superpremium brand, Herman Joseph's 1868. Insists Company President Joseph Coors: "We will fight tooth and nail to improve our market, and we're going to survive...
Police investigators traced the blue Morris sedan to a parking lot at a hotel in Kensington. One witness also gave them a description of a man seen parking the car just before the Hyde Park bombing. Police believe that the 10-lb. nail bomb, probably hidden in the trunk of the car, was detonated by remote control from a spot within sight of the incident. If true, it was a measure of how cold-blooded the killers were. Police speculate that a similar device may have been used in the Regent's Park explosion...