Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Masters and Johnson sure know how to take the bloom off the rose...
...appearance at his inaugural ball that night, John Lindsay was deeply immersed in the strike for the rest of the week. Day after day, he lunched at his desk, mainly on sandwiches and milk. Night after night, he went to bed in his Roosevelt Hotel suite after 1 a.m., rose before 6 a.m. For the first four days of the week, he set an example for New Yorkers by walking the four miles from hotel to city hall-until Mary Lindsay asked: "Don't you think this is a little silly?" Reporters who had scampered desperately to keep...
Luckily, Seltzer has a replacement whom he has groomed to fill his shoes. Thomas Boardman, 46, joined the Press as a copy boy in 1939, rose to become chief editorial writer. He plans no major changes at the Press, and staffers welcome him. Says one: "He's a fast, lucid writer, a shirtsleeves editor, a heavy smoker, a good drinker and an excellent companion. He can see right into the gut of any situation...
...drug companies making the pill, the most spectacular is a small firm that is both very profitable and much misunderstood: Syntex Corp. Syntex's common stock, which is being split two-for-one this week, is the most heavily traded issue on the American Stock Exchange, in 1965 rose in price more than any other stock on the exchange (from 64⅜ to 219⅝). Syntex is incorporated in Panama, operates largely in Mexico and sells mostly in the U.S. It is a leader in the field of steroid hormones, which includes the birth-control pills...
Things have not worked out that way. Wilkinson's sales in 1965 rose about 25%, but its profits are actually down 43% to $5.6 million. Overseas expansion has proved far more costly than Wilkinson executives expected. Last month Wilkinson laid off 250 of its 3,000 employees, is now fighting to stay alive in its home market. London is buzzing with rumors that Gillette is negotiating a takeover of Wilkinson. The rumors are denied by both companies, but they have not given any lift to the 193-year-old saber manufacturer, whose shares have slid from $7.56 when they...