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...whom he has been feuding, and to disinherit her in favor of his longtime secretary-companion Alan Searle. Last week a Paris court, operating under both British and French law,* declared Maugham's attempts illegal. "I am overjoyed," said Lady Hope. "Most important, I am glad for the sake of my children, whose whole future and name really rested on the outcome of this case. I never wanted this trouble." · · · Wasn't it a cute idea to buy a $2.80 Irish Sweepstakes ticket in the name of Met Jing, her dog? But then Met Jing...
...Strategy. Lavin's successful strategy is to work with a small staff for the sake of maneuverability (only four top executives make the decisions) and to create products for specific markets, launch them rapidly with a minimum of expensive test-marketing, advertise them relentlessly. Creating VO5 hair spray, Alberto-Culver methodically listed 18 qualities that women said they wanted in a spray, then rated all the competitors, point by point, and set out to make VO5 score higher. Though Alberto-Culver was twelve years late in the market, VO5 now has the biggest share...
...source of civic pride. Most German cities and towns think of their municipal theaters as U.S. cities regard their libraries-a permanent and serious public responsibility. There are 130 in West Germany. Audiences attend them with solemn zeal for Kultur, a turn of mind that ignores entertainment for the sake of education. The result is a theater unique in the world...
...backyards and on beaches, wherever the sun shines brightly, multitudes of people have begun to stretch out like so many sausages on a griddle-all for the sake of a handsome, "healthy" tan. This rite of summer is warming, relaxing and so socially desirable that few sun worshipers heed the constant words of caution from doctors. Despite its appearance of health, a suntan apparently has little physical value; too much sun over a long period of time may permanently damage the skin...
Innocent Heaven. Because of the grace and clarity of the writing, this rare autobiography can be read with pleasure for its own sake as a story. Read's short, beautiful evocation of his childhood is quite against the current fashion of stories of children in which the authors seem to be seeking in childhood a source for the savageries of the age; for Sir Herbert it is quite simply a time of sacred innocence, belonging to "the kingdom of Heaven, where the eye is eternally innocent...