Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprise is understandable. Success may be nothing new to Lauren Bacall, but it is nothing recent either. At 41 she is appearing in her first stage hit, Abe Burrows' Cactus Flower. It has been 23 years since she rose to star status with her first picture, To Have and Have...
Less Quibbling. While the stores cleaned up, the auto industry, another key to the consumption economy, closed out a record year in which production rose to 9,320,000 units, 20% above the previous year. Because they expect that production in 1966 may lag slightly in unit numbers, all three major companies are considering slight first-quarter cutbacks. Even if they do occur, however, the unit losses will be recouped by bigger sales. More buyers are not only choosing higher-ticket '66 models, but are also adding expensive accessories. Auto air-conditioner sales alone now top $600 million annually...
...Lazarus, "no longer tell the whole story." Nowadays consumers quibble less over prices, instead insist on quality. As a result, stores are upgrading even bargain basements, and discounters must stock more expensive merchandise to compete. Few stores had a better Christmas than Tiffany's, where sales rose 30%. Explains Chairman Walter Hoving: "The excise-tax cut made people feel more prosperous. They spent their money on jewels." The A. & P. is grading up its image with the ultimate symbol of affluence: its own "A.& P. Champagne" (cost...
...doctor's degrees (in economics) at the University of Michigan, roomed for a time with former Treasury Under Secretary Robert Roosa. One member of the board that granted Duesenberry's Ph.D. was Gardner Ackley, his new boss. An Air Force statistician during World War II, Duesenberry rose from private to captain. He joined the Harvard faculty in 1946, soon made his mark with a study of consumer spending that helped to spike fears that consumers would spend too little to fuel the postwar economy. He became a full professor...
...pill" is now made by seven U.S. companies under such trade names as Enovid (the first oral contraceptive, made by G. D. Searle & Co.), Norlestrin (Parke, Davis & Co.), and C-Quens (Eli Lilly & Co.). Sales of all oral contraceptives in the U.S., which were $46 million in 1964, rose to about $65 million in 1965 and are expected to hit $90 million this year...