Word: zipped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Entering and leaving Russia, many tourists zip right through customs without so much as opening a bag, while others get a thorough going-over. Visitors are allowed to bring in the usual items for personal use duty-free. Not to bring: Soviet currency, firearms, pigeons, pornography or propaganda. Tourists are asked to declare any gold they are bringing in and, since customs officials seem obsessed with this, it is not a time to be careless. An overlooked charm bracelet has been known to result in a lengthy inquisition...
Since Ben W. Heineman, 53, took control of the Chicago & North Western Railway eleven years ago, he has injected a youthful zip into the once floundering company. Last week he gave a further injection, naming 40-year-old Larry S. Provo to the company's No. 2 spot and making him just about the youngest president of a major U.S. railroad. Heineman has shifted some of his previous duties to the new man, but is not exactly ready for a golden-years club. He continues as chief executive officer as well as chairman...
...warty bliggens, an egomaniacal frog with a Texas accent, Lawson's fiendish tarantula, Lavelle's tom, and Rubins' irate bill Shakespeare were all ironic masterpieces, classics of the genre. Barbara Lanckton and Margaret Stanback filled the occasional women', parts competently, but only Miss Lanckton's spider had any zip...
...impetus is the Kennedy Round, which promises tariff cuts on china sold abroad. While its markets are firm, Wedgwood wants to create new ones. Says Managing Director Arthur Bryan, 44: "We can sell 75% of our output without even trying, but it's the top 25% that adds zip to our profits...
...Arrogant to Sell. The first non-Wedgwoodian to direct the firm, Bryan ascended in 1963 after he had added zip to stagnating operations in America, where representatives were living off the company's great name. "They were too damn arrogant to write a sale," says he. Heads rolled, operations were reorganized, and in less than two years North American sales jumped by a third. That market, in fact, accounts for about 40% of the company's sales...