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...Iranian reply this time was a stunner. "It was outrageous," bellowed one U.S. official. On Dec. 21, Tehran demanded the payment of $24 billion in cash and gold. That amount was the Iranian estimate of the value of the assets frozen by the U.S. Government, interest owed to Iran and the holdings of the late Shah's estate. American officials seriously considered breaking off the talks as hopeless. Instead, they decided to ignore the bizarre $24 billlion figure and to push ahead with the discussions. The Iranians never again mentioned the $24 billion demand...
...finest actresses on the English-speaking stage. And as Buxton reaches the heartbreaking conclusion that the one life she has to give for Hellas is the noblest life to have lived, she radiates a great and unforgettable purity of spirit. The final scene in this segment is a visual stunner. The rising wind whips the garment about Clytemnestra's knees. Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa...
...sound and light shows go, it was a stunner. This time the ageless Pyramids of Giza were bathed in Sinatra as well as lumière. Ol' Blue Eyes, accompanied by Wife Barbara, appeared in Cairo for the first time as part of a three-day bash to raise funds for Wafa Wal Amal, the rehabilitation center for the handicapped that is First Lady Jehan Sadat's favorite charity. Jehan and Barbara struck it off famously, but Sinatra kept mostly to himself until showtime. By then the sand near the Pyramids had been covered with 300 carpets...
...production is a stunner. Battles are stylized and understated; only Coriolanus' sword arm is crimsoned with gore...
Superlatives are never exactly in short supply in the advertising business, but the news that came out of the world's largest ad firm last week really was a stunner. Announcing the biggest merger in Madison Avenue history, the Interpublic Group of Companies, the Manhattan-based agency holding company that is the industry's General Motors (1978 billings: $1.9 billion), announced that it was acquiring SSC & B, the U.S.'s eighth largest agency (billings: $750 million), for an undisclosed price. The acquisition of SSC & B (formerly Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell & Bayles) would boost Interpublic's combined billings to more than...