Word: successful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weren't for the director's dead-weight, this movie could probably rollick to success. All the elements are there--from Falk's bumbling to Warren Oates's sensitive performance of the gang member who cracks and blows the whistle on the thieves just two weeks before the statute of limitations runs out. Even the post-war Boston setting is faithfully captured, right down to the graffiti on the subways. But the film never takes off. At the end the robbers are led, one by one, past cheering crowds outside the courtroom. It's staged curtain call...
...Success does carry its benefits. Telephone callers to Rohr's Manhattan apartment these days are greeted by a tape-recorded message that says, "Seat-of-the-Pants: helping to build a better world through novelty underwear...
However, George's concern right now is with the team's success. He said last night, referring to the effect of the big win, "Maybe this is the lift for us." Maybe so. Let's all hope so. But, at any rate, George is the utter most
...building up of widespread distribution networks. The growth of cosmetics sales is expected to slow a bit, to perhaps 8% or 8.5% annually over the next few years, from 9% to 12.5% during 1976-77-78. One reason is that cosmetics companies are suffering from their own promotional success; many women now regard cosmetics as necessities to be bought all the time, rather than as luxury items to splurge on when incomes rise. That attitude helps to keep cosmetics sales from falling during a recession, but prevents them from rising as fast as sales of some other goods during...
Indeed, ABC's strength is itself a source of strength. A new show, placed behind one of the network's many proven hits, has a far better chance of success than it would next to just about anything on CBS or NBC. "You can keep a fire going by putting a new log on top of one that is already burning," says one industry observer. "The new one will catch fire from...