Word: events
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that, instead of furnishing "sure leadership" to the West, they go around the world saying, "What good guys we are." Monty also confided that he wanted to examine the racial situation in South Africa, but in doing so did not plan to meet any nonwhite leaders. In any event, his mind seemed already made up, for he told South Africans, "You're going ahead with solving your own problems, and that should be enough...
...more impressive is that it comes in a field that, for all the bunnies and babies and Santas smiling up from its cheery face, is as ruggedly competitive as any business in the U.S. With some 290 firms turning out 5 billion cards each year, for every event from the cradle to the grave, a special kind of genius is needed to grab off about 30% of a $288 million market. Hallmark's boss abundantly has that genius...
...early days, Christmas, St. Valentine's Day and birthdays were the major occasions for greeting cards. Hall pushed the idea of cards for every sentiment, every event, now does 50% of his annual business outside of the big holidays. He went after such writers as Ogden Nash and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, brought in such artists as Saul Steinberg, Grandma Moses, Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, sponsored touring Hallmark art exhibits across the U.S. He was told time and again that Sir Winston Churchill would never agree to have his paintings on greeting cards. Churchill was delighted, and Hallmark sold...
...event, when Mr. Eisenhower visits his 13 capitals next month, he will not find the same kind of qualified, experienced diplomat that greeted Mr. Khrushchev on his similar travels a few years ago. The Ugly American may have been the hero of the book, but in the form of the amateur ambassador, he is currently the villain of American diplomacy...
...event, he said, "could shake the world," but India's plan is to take a calm approach without giving in. For him, he added, this is "one of those peak events of history when the plunge has to be taken in some direction...