Word: banker
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...able onetime governor of Sao Paulo state, who resigned in anger after six hopeless months of struggle against Brazil's wild inflation (about 85% in 1963), its fleeing capital and its immense foreign debt. In to cope with the same problems came Ney Galvao, 60, a smalltime provincial banker whose only previous claim to fame was as a Goulart-appointed head of the Bank of Brazil...
...distinctive half of The Streets of New York comes from an able, well-drilled cast and a smart-looking professional production. The musical, lifted from a 19th century plotboiler by Dion Boucicault, revolves around a dastardly banker, and the evening would be more sappy than happy if it were not for the wittily euphonious lyrics of Barry Alan Grael and unforced melodies of Richard Chodosh...
Black is believed to be the personal choice of Robert F. Kennedy '48 for the post. The Library Trustees were searching for a nationally known non-partisan figure. Black was favored because of his high national and international reputation as a banker and financier. He was a frequent advisor of President Kennedy as well as of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, but always in a non-partisan capacity...
Despite Curtis' calamitous balance sheet, Banker Semenenko apparently disagreed with such prophecies. The company was making a sturdy effort to recover on its own; new management and editorial teams had swept in to change the face and direction of all five magazines. Culligan, a former advertising man, not only hustled new accounts but ordered stern cuts in Curtis' overhead. He chopped 2,300 names off the payroll, at an annual saving of $10.3 million. Curtis' papermaking subsidiary, New York and Pennsylvania Co., which had been charging the company $214 a ton, found ways to cut the price...
...shadows could dampen the new mood of optimism about Curtis' future. At a press conference after the stockholders' meeting, Banker Semenenko hinted at Curtis plans to expand into book publishing, television broadcasting, and perhaps in other directions. "It will be advantageous," he said, "for Curtis to acquire such companies." Nor did he rule out the possibility that other companies might find it equally advantageous to buy into Curtis. "Many companies will want to merge with Curtis," said Semenenko. "Many have already made overtures...