Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the decision to deposit county funds in the Chesapeake National Bank had been made not by himself but by the county director of finance, a Democratic appointee. The state does keep a relatively small amount of funds in Chesapeake National-and in perhaps 100 other banks-but the account was put there before he became Governor. Worst part of the Times's performance, from Agnew's viewpoint, was its questioning of how he had acquired some shares in the bank. According to the paper, Agnew claimed he had inherited the shares from his father, though his father...
...memories of almost all of the people involved. What emerges is in part a portrait of Luce's working life, with a few reflections of his private life. More than that, what emerges is the art, craft and business of a particular kind of journalism. Elson opens his account at a point when TIME was a brash, almost absurdly ambitious experiment. He closes it when the magazine, now the eldest in a family that included FORTUNE, LIFE, The March of Time and other enterprises, had become important enough to earn a public rebuke from the President...
...commissioned a history of Time Inc. In 1964, three years before he died, he charged the author "to be candid, truthful, and to suppress nothing relevant or essential to the narrative." The result is TIME INC. The Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise, 1923-1941 (Atheneum; $10). Can the account of a company be intimate? It seems like a contradiction in terms, but readers may decide that this book is indeed reasonably intimate...
...building (capacity: 300 cars) are given over to a mammoth gymnasium, a bowling alley and game and craft rooms. The recreation facilities are open year-round from early morning until 10 p.m. There are adult-education and hobby classes in everything from Spanish to candlemaking. These manifold activities help account for First Baptist's popularity, and all are free, except bowling. The costs are paid for by the church's capacious budget. Last year's budget of $1,801,124 was oversubscribed, and this year's outlay totals a record $2,100,000. The offering each...
...account for the student unrest in many part sof the world? Do you believe that the vocal dissident groups in the universities constitute any substantial portion of the student body? In your opinion what should be the attitude of the University toward such (vocal dissident) groups...