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So, last week, began the public maneuvers in an attempt to acquire a controlling interest in South Bend's long-troubled auto and appliance company. Being used was a method that company collectors have come to prefer to the old-fashioned proxy fight. Called the tender offer, the technique...
For almost a whole generation of young Americans, the draft has been something for someone else to worry about. It provided the muscle for the U.S. in two World Wars and the Korean conflict, but in recent years its call has been gentle and muted. An average of hardly more...
In the utilization of the nation's manpower for best advantage, it is almost inevitable that the best educated should get the breaks. The son of the middle or upper class is more apt to be in college or able to pay his way to graduate school. Once graduated...
The old HHFA, which now forms the core of the new department, has been what Weaver calls an "administrative monstrosity," comprising five major sub-agencies that have not always worked together-or with Weaver. Under the new law, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary gets authority to bring his subordinate...
Much of the book's charm arises from the fact that the reader never quite discovers how Author Hazzard makes a small masterpiece out of such unlikely material. Partly it is because her prose is so understated that it forces the reader to become uncommonly attentive. But mostly it...