Word: boyds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looked likely. The biggest reason for the improvement, however, is the aggressive direction that Chrysler is getting from the new management of President Riccardo, 46, and Group Vice President Eugene A. Cafiero, 44, who is in charge of auto operations. They took over in January, when former President Virgil Boyd moved up to vice chairman and Chairman Lynn Townsend relinquished control of day-to-day operations; Townsend now concentrates on long-term policy decisions...
...Richard Boyd, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
...university, remember? Where J. Boyd Britton, administrative vice-president of Radcliffe, explained the pay differential between men and women cooks by saying, "There's a long tradition of male superiority." Where F. Skiddy von Stade, dean of Harvard freshmen, described the women involved in the 1969 strike by saying, "They were so insolent, the worst of the bunch. At least you have to respect the boys just a little bit since they have something real riding on this... But if the girls get heaved, they'll just go off to secretarial school...
...system is hardly modern. According to Wall Street lore, it began by accident in 1875, when a broker named Boyd fractured his leg. Unable to move around the exchange floor, Boyd stood in place near the post where Western Union shares were traded; soon other brokers began using him to handle their buying and selling in Western Union. Instead of milling around the post until they found other brokers ready to trade Western Union, they left their orders with Boyd and moved on to the next transaction. The system spread, and today there are specialists in all listed issues. Stock...
...during the Second World War, the flag stood for something decent and humanitarian. But how do you tell children about a national sickness, or about the way that symbols of one ideal can be subverted to become symbols of something entirely different?" A Denver housewife, Mrs. Kitty Boyd, explains: "We have a flag in the closet, but I won't fly it right now, because right away I think: 'Republican, Nixon, war.' But please understand that if I dropped it or anything, I'd burn it as you're supposed to." Adds her husband Bill: "We've made the flag...