Word: albert
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...keeping track of large stockpiles of raw materials, such as iron ore and coking coal, steel firms also have to make sure that stocks of finished goods, ranging from rolled steel to ingots, sheet metal, cable and wire, are neither too large nor too small for projected demand. Says Albert E. Martz, a general manager for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. of Pittsburgh (1981 sales: $4.7 billion): "As a result of higher interest rates, we are trying to run leaner and operate closer to the bone. Now we maintain less inventory in order to accomplish the same thing...
...decorating. Some builders, like Stephen Chefan, 52, furnish the houses down to the last table cloth and teaspoon, fill the bookshelves and stock the bar. Architecturally, the dwellings are a kind of California contemporary. Most come with pools, Jacuzzi rooms, electronic security systems and multimedia entertainment rooms. Says Albert Segal, who moved to the Gold Coast from Charlotte, N.C., after retiring as chairman of the Pic'n Pay shoe store chain: "All we did was move in with our toothbrushes...
Each egg contained a quote from such eminent philosophers as Leonardo Da Vinci and Albert Schweitzer defending the right of animals, the spokesman explained...
...their children in private schools; an estimated 5 million students are enrolled in private schools, compared with 40 million in public schools, and that ratio has remained fairly steady over the past 15 years. Moreover, the tax credits would drain away funds needed to improve public education. Says Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers: "There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities...
Indeed, Sartre Albert Camus came to prominence during the occupation, the former with Being and Nothingness, the latter with The Stranger In all fairness, though, both later became active members of the resistance...