Word: retreating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Memos. In this withering atmosphere of retreat and retrenchment, a brawny upstart is defying the trend. It is MCA Inc., the sprawling talent agency that controls a majority of Hollywood's biggest stars* and is thus largely responsible for the astronomical salaries they have forced on the older studios. MCA has grandly announced plans to "revitalize the film industry." Founded by dapper Jules Stein 38 years ago, MCA has long dictated casting to producers with "package deals" in which a buyer takes a mixed bag of stars and shows in order to get a few good ones...
Last year, watching the stamp scramble mount, MacDonald began to regret his uncharacteristic 1957 decision to retreat from the field. Seeking the most effective re-entry point, he decided that A. & P. could not continue to buck the stamp trend much longer, set up the Plaid stamp plan especially for A. & P. "I went there cold," he says. But MacDonald had one overriding asset: since all the other major trading stamp distributors had already signed up with competing grocery chains, none of them were free to bid for A. & P.'s business...
Judged against the proven nuclear capability of the U.S.S.R., the doubters, those who preferred to stand still or even retreat, were always shown to be wrong. If their advice had been heeded, Khrushchev would now be the world's military master...
After celebrating his 73rd birthday at a salmon-fishing retreat in Ireland, Charlie Chaplin went home last week to the quiet north shore of Lake Geneva, where-both inwardly and outwardly-he has mellowed and found peace of mind. The great comedian stoops a bit. His hair is flashing white...
...sensuality of tone that have won wide critical acclaim. Says Critic Jean de Beer: "In a few years, Audiberti works will be in even the most elementary textbooks for the study of the French language." Unmoved by either condemnation or praise, the stocky, balding Audiberti roams about his country retreat in flabby corduroys and an old suede jacket, working on a new play (La Brigitta) for Actress Françoise Spira. "Very difficult, very difficult," says Audiberti to a visitor. "In fact, I think you're sitting on it. It's the story of a successful woman...