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...young and unwise forever-to be permanently naughty children. He managed this by killing himself with booze, but I was left to grow old." And poor, apparently. The poet's letters, still in copyright to his trustees, failed to attract a suitable bid and went unsold...
...constantly tour the Federated circuit. In the spring of 1974, for example, they reported that Federated's staff of 40 forecasters and market researchers saw a severe recession coming, and warned all the stores to hold down inventory. Result: not only did Federated's branches avoid the glut of unsold goods that plagued competitors last Christmas, but they had the money and warehouse space to start buying again in early 1975. While other stores were holding distress sales, says Lazarus, "we were able to get back into the market and buy desirable merchandise at desirable prices." A further result: inventory...
...Trade and manufacturing inventories increased $1.3 billion in August, after a drop of nearly $8 billion between January and July. While some further depletion in total business stocks is still possible this fall, the August figures indicate that businessmen have worked off most of the enormous stocks of unsold goods that had been dragging down production in late 1974 and early 1975, and they are now swinging from inventory cutting to inventory rebuilding...
...include higher-priced merchandise, especially big appliances. To boost sales, the company expanded its credit operation. But while Grant sank deeper and deeper into debt to buy inventory, it had to wait for its customers to pay their bills. Then the recession hit, sales dropped, and uncollectable accounts and unsold goods piled...
...meter is still running." He tried to sell a book outline to New York publishers last spring, but it was rejected because he concentrated on Nixon's foreign policy, with only one chapter on Watergate. Now he is working more realistically on a book (still unsold) detailing the Nixon White House as seen from his unique vantage point. "Where there were serious mistakes, and there were, I'm admitting those absolutely," he says. Haldeman has visited San Clemente several times, yet his relations with Nixon are severely strained. As for his other ex-colleagues, he says that...