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...sponsoring The $64,000 Question. That helped boost sales by 54% and earnings by almost 200% in a year. Revson's promotional trademark was his practice of pairing his products with models who seemed to reflect their times. In the 1950s, it was sleek Suzy Parker, in the 1960s, Barbara Britton. Currently, it is breezy Lauren Hutton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENTREPRENEURS: Merchant of Glamour | 9/8/1975 | See Source »

Charles Oscar Finley, owner, president, general manager and remote-control field manager of the Oakland A's. was on a typical tear. "Get this crate rolling," he ordered. Chauffeur Howard Risner nosed the sleek black Cadillac into the moving traffic and headed toward Chicago's O'Hare Airport. "Shoot the works," said Finley. Risner hit a button, and downtown Chicago echoed to the Caddie's musical horn. "Now the siren," demanded Finley. A muted wail sent other cars skittering for the curb. Finley switched on a loudspeaker hidden beneath the hood and began broadcasting a stream of chatter to startled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Charlie Finely: Baseball's Barnum | 8/18/1975 | See Source »

Jackie and Carle have been rowing together at the University of Wisconsin, and they both look and talk kind of like large cheerleaders--Carle is six feet one inch, and Jackie not much shorter--only they're tougher. Jackie is blonde and a little pouty, Carie dark and sleek and a little more sophisticated--she rows with large silver hoop earrings dangling from her ears. They've become breakfast regulars at Tommy's--another group, led by Nancy Storrs, drives over to "The House of 'Cakes" every morning, and today Claudia Schneider got a bunch of people...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: We Happy Band of Sisters | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

...Post Office, an organization older than the republic itself, went out of existence four years ago. Amid proud speeches and high hopes, the new U.S. Postal Service took its place. The Post Office's emblem, a galloping pony express rider from the 19th century, was replaced by a sleek 20th century eagle, and the Postal Service, a quasi-independent Government corporation, was expected to be equally up to date. Its assignment was not only to deliver the mail fast and efficiently but also to pay its own way within just a few years, phasing out a 200-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Why the Postal Service Must Be Changed | 7/7/1975 | See Source »

...sandstone palazzo that houses Communist Party headquarters on Rome's Street of the Dark Shops, open telephone lines crackled as apparatchiks from Milan to Catania called in excitedly with the latest tallies. Over the party's closed-circuit television network, a bearded youth in shirtsleeves and a sleek blonde in a denim jacket broadcast the figures and forecast results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Communists: A Step Closer to Power | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

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