Word: abolitionism
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The one nonreligious field in which Southern Baptists take an almost theological interest is that of public morals. They oppose, by and large, all drinking, smoking and blasphemy. Also gambling. Sometimes even dancing. "Chastity is still an issue," said one Baptist leader as he surveyed the motions and petitions submitted...
In order to gain the favor of foreign investors and bankers, the Peronist government found itself faced with the urgent tasks of curbing inflation, increasing productivity and guaranteeing stability. The two essential steps needed to bring about these changes were a drastic austerity plan and abolition of the right to...
It is in this context of economic chaos (475-per-cent inflation in 1975), foreign investors' pressure, a May 31 deadline on foreign debt, corruption in the Peronist government and slow gains in popularity by the Marxist left, that the officer corps decided that the time had come for a...
Needham will be succeeded on May 19 by William Milfred Batten, 67 next month, who spent 48 years at J.C. Penney, the big retailer, before retiring as chairman and chief executive. Four years ago he was named a Big Board director. Aside from his brief exchange tenure, "Mil" Batten has...
It did not work out that way. The Big Board's boss must win the support of numerous, and sometimes quarreling, constituencies-the brokers who deal with the public and the specialists and floor traders who work inside the exchange. Needham had that support at first, but gradually lost...