Word: secretion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rankovic, 56, turned out to be the head of a conspiracy, centered in the secret police, that opposed Yugoslavia's trend toward democracy and Western-style economic reforms. Tito purged the secret police; Rankovic and his fellow conspirators were ordered to stand trial before the Yugoslav Parliament. Evidence showed that Rankovic had wire taps leading back to his home and office, so he could tune in on the boss day or night, and that his agent had once taped a Politburo meeting so secret none of the participants were even allowed to take notes...
From the Formula. The base for these royalty riches was laid in 1881 when Dr. Joseph Joshua Lawrence, a St. Louis physician who worked out the secret formula for Listerine, decided to retire. The canny doctor sold his formula for Listerine and, four years later, for another remedy called Lithiated Hydrangea, to fellow St. Louisan Jordan W. Lambert. In the deal, Lawrence got a royalty for each gross (144 bottles) of Listerine that was first set at $20; this was later scaled down to $6 on sales of either preparation. Lithiated Hydrangea has disappeared-but Listerine sales spiraled after Lambert...
...would not sell. Crichton insisted. Cerf published it, and sure enough, the book failed. Convinced that Random House had not done right by him-every author chronically suspects that his publisher doesn't spend enough money advertising his book-Crichton took his next novel to Simon & Schuster. The Secret of Santa Vittoria flipped right onto the bestseller list, is No. 1 this week...
...secret that there's a lot of teaching that isn't up to the quality that we would like," Leaf said in a recent interview. "But no one has ever told anyone anything except that he's supposed to know a lot about his subject...
Part of her secret lies in the fact that she commands a physical plasticity beyond the magic of makeup men. She has conquered more than 130 roles, from the giddy 13-year-old Natasha in War and Peace, to the 61-year-old lioness in The Lion in Winter, to the steely title role in Giraudoux's Judith. Her voice is all champagne in the comedies, darkens to cognac in the heavier roles. She is a body actress, ruling the stage with grace and power and actually seeming to lean into her lines...