Word: understatedness
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This show is fast becoming one of TV's best variety spots. Cosby, who tells stories rather than jokes, is funny half the time and terrible half the time. He seems to have no middle ground, but the good half generally makes you forget the bad. Guest comedians, such...
The sellers will be nine of the world's largest oil companies, including British Petroleum, Jersey Standard, Gulf, Texaco, Royal Dutch/Shell and Mobil. The various Arab governments will pay each firm the book value of its real estate and equipment (which was often understated for tax purposes), and add...
"By in large the people who organized and worked in the Committee for Art for McGovern '72 were women," said Portia Harcus, one of the four women others of Parker 470 who made their gallery available for the September 29-30 sale and the October 2 evening auction. This barnlike...
Self-Dealing. Last February Geo-Tek's board abruptly demanded Burke's resignation as the firm's president and later filed a civil suit accusing Burke and three members of his family of fraud and misappropriation of funds. He has denied all those charges and claimed that...
In the keenly competitive auto business, where advertising hyperbole often spouts like steam from a cracked radiator, the latest Datsun promotion offers a soothing change. It is a coolly understated print and broadcast campaign aimed at improving the environment and showing critics that automakers do care about ecology, as well...