Word: barrans
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...committee of eight managing directors, who have offices in both London and The Hague. They boast that they have never had to vote on a decision. Jan Brouwer, the chairman, is a tall, heavily built Dutchman with a taste for modern art, and the vice chairman is David Barran, whose monocle and Savile Row tailoring make him seem the archetypal upper-class Englishman. Most of the managing directors are bilingual, and some speak three or four languages. The only American, Monroe ("Monty") Spaght, who is also chairman of the U.S.'s Shell Oil Co., notes: "When some companies call...
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