Word: big
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other hand, Kennedy wants the Government to be more aggressive in intervening to stop large corporations from dominating their markets. He has co-sponsored a bill that would greatly restrict mergers among large corporations. He urges more vigorous enforcement of existing antitrust laws, arguing that some big corporations, like Big Government, are "too large and unresponsive...
...Big John defended himself. Said...
...specter of Big Oil wallowing in billions raised a number of policy issues that could change the structure of the nation's energy institutions. Talk rose in Washington of increasing the taxes that oilmen must pay, of putting limits on profits and keeping controls on prices, perhaps ultimately of breaking up the companies or moving toward partial nationalization. There was not much discussion that holding down profits might also reduce exploration and production, that holding down, prices would fire up demand for even more oil imports. At the same time, the U.S. may have to move toward more dependence...
Next March an unusual name will appear on the list of 17 nominees to the Chrysler Corp. board: Douglas A. Fraser, 62, president of the United Auto Workers. The nomination of this hardy adversary from Big Labor is part of the price that the automaker had to pay last week to win from the union economic concessions essential to corporate survival...
...personal computer field, it is dominated by three: Apple, Radio Shack and Commodore. But IBM is eying the market, and Texas Instruments last May introduced a $1,500 model that can also be programmed for sound. Apple executives profess to welcome these entrants. The Apple corps believe that the big newcomers will help expand the market for all by advertising heavily to teach more people the wonders of personal computers...