Word: victor
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Murray recalls one occasion when Victor Garber, portraying a lecherous real estate agent in Nothing On, inadvertently placed the prop wine bottle two inches away from its appointed spot: "This meant that Douglas Scale [the pixilated burglar] couldn't reach it. Doug brushed it, knocked it over. I reached for it, fumbled it and dropped it between us. We're talking a couple of inches, but that's crucial. The audience is suspended on a tightrope with us. If we stop, they lose their involvement...
...pressure to demonstrate higher earnings in every financial statement becomes relentless. Instead of using revenues to bolster research and development, some companies feel obliged to spruce up their profit-and-loss statement. Says Chief Financial Officer Victor Richmond of Williams-Sonoma, a chain of kitchen-supply stores that went public in July: "Everything we do today is done with the thought, 'Hey, somebody's going to take a look at this...
...Although expulsion is sometimes necessary, educators believe that most students can be reached. In 1979 at Samuel Gompers Vocational-Technical High School in the South Bronx, only 60% of the students regularly showed up for school, and teachers were afraid to stay after the last bell. A new principal, Victor Herbert, began fighting back with graffiti-free hallways, a more stimulating curriculum and special events. Last year at Gompers (enrollment: 1,500), attendance was up to 80%. Says Herbert...
...Victor Alin Wayne...
...investors hooked on those glamour stocks missed some hot plays. Thanks mainly to the economic recovery, some firms in mundane industries were among the big winners. The star performer on the N.Y.S.E. was APL, a once struggling paper-products manufacturer whose fortunes have improved under the direction of Financier Victor Posner. Hesston, a Kansas-based farm-equipment company that makes hay balers and backhoes, harvested healthy earnings from improved tractor sales. Rymer, a little-known company in suburban Chicago, went through a metamorphosis in 1983, going from the furniture business to the food trade. The company's long-neglected...