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...outcome was merely a big stink: losses that approached $25 million by the end of 1990. Now Bic will officially pull the plug on its perfume line at / the stockholders' meeting later this month. Bad reviews were only part of the problem. Bic may have ultimately been undone by the simple but deadly logic of snob appeal -- namely, it is not luxury that makes things expensive, but expense that makes things luxurious...
...hottest argument in energy circles focuses on the right mix of fuels and conservation methods to satisfy this proliferating need for plug-in power. The issue is not whether the U.S. has enough coal. Even if the nation chose to meet all its staggering demand with its most popular fuel for generating electricity, coal, its reserves would last many decades. The question is whether America wants to bear the costs and effects of burning all that coal or would prefer the costs and effects of splitting some atoms instead...
Early on, the Harvard brass had realized it needed to plug the leaks in the presidential search process. The task fell to Secretary to the Corporation Robert Shenton and University Attorney Michael W. Roberts. It was a thankless task for both men. A scene observed by reporters at the Waldorf seemed to characterize the effort. As Harvard's governing boards dined with Rudenstine inside the hotel's Louis XVI room, Roberts sat alone in the anteroom reading that day's New York Times. Inside the paper was an article reporting that Rudenstine was the search committee's choice, a fact...
...those who answered the call was Ohio | Democrat John Glenn. The former World War II hero and pioneer astronaut filmed a spot extolling Heflin's support for the space program, which brings millions of tax dollars to Alabama. In spite of the seemingly innocent nature of the plug, the commercial never aired. Reason: Heflin's first order of business upon his return to Washington was chairing the Senate Ethics Committee investigation of the infamous Keating Five, which included the same John Glenn. A Heflin spokesman says the ad "just didn't fit in" with campaign plans, but wiser heads...
...needs help. So he has invited in the media of the nations allied against him, while carefully restricting what they can see and report. And -- presto! -- the media send the images he wants around the world. Are journalists aiding and comforting the enemy? Should somebody pull the plug...