Word: pans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Harry Richman, 77, song-and-dance man of the top hat and tuxedo genre who popularized Puttin' on the Ritz, Walking My Baby Back Home and On the Sunny Side of the Street; in Burbank, Calif. After his start as a Tin Pan Alley song plugger, Richman won stardom in the Broadway revues of the '20s and '30s, where he introduced standards like The Birth of the Blues and It All Depends on You. One of the highest paid stars of the era, and temporary fiancé to "It Girl" Clara Bow, Richman mastered the role...
What gets lost in reducing a Greek tragedy to a demonic Pan-legend-a sort of Clockwork Orange run back through the time machine? Despite the passionate resourcefulness of Actor Cariou, this neo-Neanderthal Oedipus becomes an anachronism when sophisticated lines like "Wisdom is a mode of suffering" are delivered about his shaggy head, or when that barbaric stage is filled with the most subtle verbal portraits of pride in the history of theater...
...acted to prevent "the transfer of violent conflicts" to West Germany. Bonn also expelled 44 Arabs suspected of political activity contrary to German law, tightened up visa requirements and established an elite police force to deal specifically with subversion and terror. But Bonn's proposals for a pan-European anti-terror force similar to Interpol were coolly received by Britain and France, as dangerous to both individual rights and to the two countries' relations with Arab states...
...advertising business, where stability is as fleeting as a client's gratitude, change has been particularly rapid in recent years. Yet the men who run J. Walter Thompson, the world's largest agency, have held steadfastly to their time-tested policies. They successfully offered creditable advertising ("Pan Am makes the going great," "There's a Ford in your future"), a rich array of services, and a sturdy sense of security to an impressive roster of blue-chip clients. Today, however, the agency's once imperious élan has been badly shaken...
...drifting into trouble for some time, a victim of bad luck, overconfidence and the relentless forces of change. In the past year and a half the agency has lost $50 million in billings, including such choice accounts as Ford's Pinto and Maverick cars, the domestic advertising for Pan American and Singer and all of Firestone. Thompson has snared about $30 million in new business during this period, so its net loss in billings over the 18 months has been held to about $20 million. Still, disenchanted investors have sent its stock tumbling from a high...