Word: baronness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Atlantic in truly spectacular fashion. In six years, German investment has increased by 138%, to $1.9 billion; the Swedes have tripled their investment, and the French have raised theirs by almost 470%. Operating through businesses they control or family investment companies, such influential individuals as France's Baron Guy de Rothschild, Britain's Sir Jimmy Goldsmith and the Agnellis of Italy have all acquired seasoned American businesses...
...former governor of the Bank of Italy who now heads the Italian Confederation of Industry, openly forecasts "an era when private industry is no longer able to make a profit." In West Germany, Kurt Richebacher, chief economist of the Dresdner Bank, speaks of "a grave profitability crisis." In Belgium, Baron Leon Lambert, chairman of the Compagnie Bruxelles Lambert, flatly declares that European regimes are "impotent before the enormousness of the political, economic and social problems that confront...
...regard to my old friend Robert Motherwell's designing a label for Rothschild wines [May 30], I think you might have found it interesting to mention my name along with Picasso, Chagall, et al., as the first American to create a label for Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1959, for one of the great vintages of this century. Motherwell himself will remember sharing my first signed bottle of 1959 Mouton when we dined with him and Helen Frankenthaler in 1962, right after I received my shipment of cases from France...
Born in Germany, where his father was a baron, Von Braun showed a precocious interest in rocketry; at the age of twelve he managed to construct a rocket-powered wagon, and by the time he was 21 he had outlined the design for a moon rocket. His genius led the German army to employ him in 1932 to develop liquid-fueled rockets; by 1937 it had moved him to the Baltic Sea port of Peenemünde, where began the work that led to Hitler's dreaded V-2 rocket. As the war drew to a close, Von Braun...
...Baron. Joe Morgan exudes confidence. He always has. At 33, he is the best player in baseball. The National League's Most Valuable Player for two straight years, Morgan says proudly: "I want people to expect a lot of Joe Morgan. Success scares some people. Me, I have to have it." The Cincinnati Reds' cocky second baseman has a three-year contract with the club that will net him nearly $1.5 million, but he could add substantially to his earnings by endorsing more products (he stars in several TV commercials) and making personal appearances. However, he maintains...