Word: wagnerism
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Gerrit A. Wagner, of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, agreed with Count Boel, but warned: "The U.S. means business. This is no flash in the pan. I believe the Europeans should realize that the trade and monetary initiatives taken by the U.S. are irreversible for a long time to come. We can argue about the manner in which they are being done. We cannot argue about the direction in which this country has decided to go. We had better ask ourselves how we can live with this...
...Netherlands' Gerrit Wagner reminded the discussion group: "In terms of income per capita, Japan is No. 20 on the world list." He added: "In the trade field, there could be one American solution in Europe and quite another in Japan...
...Suisse pour I'Industrie Horlogère, a holding company of watch manufacturers, warned: "We have to assume President Nixon's good faith internationally. But we have also to add that if he does not succeed, this country will almost certainly go protectionist." Gerrit Wagner agreed: "We should take back to Europe a message that though the situation is serious, the U.S. has the best intentions. However, if it is confronted with a choice between a national and an international solution, it will opt for the national...
...business where you have to stay young, plastic surgery is the answer." Holmes, 50, whose associates are younger than he is, felt that the bags under his eyes might hold him back professionally and made a quick decision after he saw what Dr. Kurt Wagner, a Beverly Hills surgeon, did for his girl friend. "I told Wagner: 'I want what you did to Jan.' " A week later, he underwent a three-hour, $800 blepharoplasty (eyelid operation). "Now," jokes Holmes, "I look into the mirror every morning and say: 'God you're beautiful...
...Happiness Surgery. Wagner averages 30 operations a week, one-third of them on men. The reason, he thinks, is that "we are enjoying a renaissance of the peacock look for men." Says another Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Byron Hardin: "A lot of stigma used to be attached to plastic surgery for men; there was a tendency to associate it with entertainers and homosexuals. But it's not freaky any more-it's just part of good grooming. I call it happiness surgery...