Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Novacek was once president of Grace Line, then executive vice president of Seatrain Lines. He formed Moram in 1976, and now has a crackerjack sales force of more than 33 salespeople. Novacek runs the agency, according to his own account, in the style of any Western company, drawing up an annual plan for approval from his superiors in Moscow. To charges that the Soviets are deliberately running deficits to "buy" cargo business from foreign competitors, Novacek retorts: "This is purely a business arrangement." Professor Joseph Sweeney, a Fordham University authority on maritime...
Inside the fortress-like structure, however, everything was different. In a $10 million renovation that is still going on, the "world's largest store"* is trying to shake its dowdy image and lure the fashion-and style-conscious shopper of the 1970s. Gone are the ground-floor budget counters where shoppers elbowed for hats, scarves and socks. Gone also are the unimaginative displays of cut-rate drugs and the dull racks of styleless garments. In their places are gleaming glass cases of jewelry and perfume, flanked by gold-crowned marble columns and overhung by glittering chandeliers. A plush green...
...comedian. First, you have to be funny; second, you have to be able to maintain your comic appeal for a long time--what good is a profession that you can pursue for only a few years? Although comedian Steve Martin may not be able to long maintain his frenetic style, he is now at the top of the profession. His fans emulate his manic delivery as well as his jokes, and Steve Martinisms are now popping up in conversations all the time. With the Martin delivery, an expression like "I'm a crazy kind of guy" can quickly become...
Aggressive Style...
Much of the film is straight documentary in style, but Joslin brazenly exhibits an unrefined diversity with his inclusion of surrealistic pink-filtered sequences, abstract sequences and single-frame sequences...