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...philosophy ("A guest should never have to stir outside his hotel"), Paris is not the kind of city where visitors feel constrained to eat where they sleep. Besides, there is the Rolls and, to make outside restaurant reservations, the beautiful Margaret, who is indisputably the most attractive head receptionist in Paris. Hatt & Co. must be doing something right. The Nova-Park Elysées is sold out through August. - By Michael Demarest
Kurz came up with the notion of using a new bonding technique to attach a brace to the back of the tooth. The braces were tightened by a wire anchored to the patient's molars. After trying a prototype on his receptionist, Kurz filed for a patent in 1976 and sold it two years later to Ormco, a dental-appliance manufacturing company. At present 3,000 of the nation's estimated 7,400 orthodontists have signed up for Ormco-sponsored seminars in Kurz's technique...
...keeping many people away from shopping. Although consumer prices have been increasing at an annual rate of less than 2% since the beginning of the year, many people still do not believe that the inflationary fever that raged during much of the 1970s has subsided. Says Kay Cooper, a receptionist in a Manhattan optometrist's office: "I don't see inflation coming down at all. It still costs a fortune just to use the subway and the bus." Adds New York Businessman Alfred Sandberg: "You feel that if you don't buy something today, tomorrow the price...
Workers in the U.S. earn more than those doing the same job elsewhere, but there are some exceptions. The U.S. trails several European countries in some fields, especially white-collar ones. A receptionist in the U.S. earns $10,900, but his or her counterpart draws $17,920 in Switzerland, $11,439 in The Netherlands and $13,650 in Belgium. An army general in Australia gets $58,160, in West Germany $51,609, in Britain $64,018, but only...
...receptionist remains-now promoted to the sales department-but the capital has grown apace with the headquarters, today located on the first floor of a 17th century palazzo in the heart of Milan. Frescoes cover the walls and ceiling of Armani's office, from which mythological characters gaze impassively at the modern furniture (including a couple of nifty long draftsman's desks designed by Armani), models, staff and assorted items of evolving wardrobe. Armani has positioned paneling and mirrors around the room so that the frescoes can claim his attention only from above. "In Florence, you would look...