Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have much money, and Frey, the housekeeping member of the trio, is constantly appalled by his roommates' sloppy ways. Otherwise life is cheerful, until the Frey character meets another young woman (Nicole Jamet) and sets about turning the maison a trois into a maison a quatre. Needless to say he doesn't bother to explain the rules and arrangements to the new recruit, and much unhappiness results from this lack of forthright communication. Eventually, because this is supposed to be a comedy, things are set to order (the new girl stays), and everyone settles down to a mutual...
...narration of Beethoven's Egmont with the New York Philharmonic. Klemperer remains fond of Klink. Those residuals still trickle in, after all, and then there is the renown. "Everyone at the Met is a Hogan's Heroes fan," he insists. "When I arrive for rehearsal, they say, 'Good morning, Colonel...
...muscular mark, the U.S. and West German central banks have confined their buck-bolstering efforts mainly to the New York and Frankfurt markets. Now they have agreed to intervene in all financial centers. Reason: the world money markets have become so sensitive and intertwined that a drop in, say, Hong Kong ripples rapidly throughout the world...
...tough time paying people fairly, especially the strong performers who merit higher-than-average increases. In a period of nominal inflation, for example, a firm could afford to reward its superstars with raises of 12% or so because the average clock watcher would need to be given only, say, 2%. But with living costs soaring, pressures are high to grant underachievers heftier raises at the expense of the overachievers, so that many people wind up with increases in the 6% to 8% range. Laments Bruce Ellig, a compensation specialist at Pfizer Inc., the pharmaceutical firm: "The result is to reward...
...benefits beyond a certain level of required medical, pension and life insurance coverage. For instance, a middle-aged bachelor might choose higher contributions to his pension plan in return for reduced medical benefits, which he does not need since he has no family. At American Can, employees can forgo, say, annual medical checkups in return for an extra week of paid vacation. Says Senior Vice President Sal Giudice: "A lot of young people opt for that. They want to take that winter ski trip...