Word: film
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...largest single supplier (18%), followed by the Soviet Union, Canada and the U.S. But, as has been the case for years, demand surpassed supply, by perhaps as much as 90 to 100 million oz., in part because of industrial demand. Silver is a basic ingredient in photo film, electronic components, metal brazings, batteries and, of course, jewelry and tableware...
That policy could be risky. Rising metals prices feed inflation by pushing up costs for a range of products and processes. Last week, for example, Kodak (1978 sales: $7.1 billion) announced a 7.5% jump in its retail film prices to help offset the rise in the cost of silver, which could add nearly $1.5 billion to the company's overhead this year. The largest users of industrial silver are hospitals, which require vast quantities for X-ray film. When the prices go up, hospital costs rise, insurance premiums climb, and federal Medicare and Medicaid outlays, already among the biggest...
...Starlet Sherry Lansing guns down the varmint who had done her wrong and sashays off into the sunset with John Wayne. As she recalls, "I wasn't interested in being an actress at first, but when I walked onto that set, I started to become obsessed with film." Now the magnificent obsession has led to a new job in which the former actress and model will continue to face tough hombres. Last week Lansing, 35, was named president of production at 20th Century-Fox Pictures, putting her in charge of the development and management of the company...
Though Chairman Dennis Stanfill and several other officers of the diversified 20th Century-Fox rank above her, Lansing becomes the top American woman in the male-chauvinist world of film production. She will earn close to $300,000 a year in salary and could also collect more than $1 million in bonuses if she finds and develops a string of hits...
...film is an adaptation of Kosinski's 1971 novel. Its hero is Chance, a gardener, an illiterate and a 30-year shut-in whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television. What might happen, Kosinski wonders, if such a man were suddenly forced to leave home and become a citizen of the real world? The answer to that question is Being There's single joke: no sooner does Chance venture out than he is mistaken for a philosopher, a sex symbol and a potential presidential candidate. The secret of his success is TV. Having been nurtured...