Word: written
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...idiosyncrasy of publishing-the art book. Across the land, art lovers can choose among 500 art books published in 1959, and among prices ranging from the Cadillac to the hot-dog trade. Publishers are planning an even greater output for 1960. Few of the new crop are notably well written, and many offer lavish coverage of ground that has been covered before. But the boom is bringing art home to more Americans than ever before. Items...
...Written, produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, who took the writing and production credits for the Broadway show, Li'l Abner boasts an appropriate Dogpatchy plot. After a nationwide survey, Dogpatch is declared "the most unnecessary place in these U.S.," and selected as the site of the next A-bomb test. Dogpatch is dramatically saved when Mammy Yokum (Billie Hayes) produces the only surviving specimen of the Yokumberry tree, whose fruit distills a tonic that can make any man as big and strong and beautiful as Li'l Abner (Peter Palmer). Then the plot thickens...
...still produces results." Clay got most of his results by applying military-organization methods to the vast complexities of Continental Can. He decentralized Continental's muscle-bound operations, gave wide responsibilities to men in the field. He mapped out staff duties clearly, set up a system of written reports and regular executive meetings (with prepared agenda to save time). Shortly after he took over, he decided that packaging was undergoing a major shift from cans to other materials, acquired more than a dozen firms in glass, plastic and paper products to protect Continental's flank. He spent heavily...
...Goal: More Growth. The Bakalar brothers run their three plants, which employ 4,300 workers, with an informal touch. In their rambling Wakefield, Mass, headquarters, which was once an underwear mill, the Bakalars share a secretary, avoid written memos, and do most of their business in corridor conferences with staff members. Decisions by Leo, 46, who serves as treasurer and chairman, and David, 34, who is president, have equal power. To justify the price of Transitron's stock (now selling at a steep 45 times projected 1960 earnings) the company is expected to diversify, use the 2.1 million shares...
From the routine makings of a conventional mystery story, Swiss Author Duerrenmatt produces a well-written and suspenseful story whose sad ironies raise it well above even the best whodunit level...