Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Daughter of Republican Businessman John Roosevelt...
Ever since, shrewd Businessman Newhouse has been completely fascinated by newspapers ("I like the glamour"), has memorized such a store of data about the nation's press that he can often calculate within minutes whether or not to buy: in 1955 he decided to pay $5,500,000 for the Portland Oregonian after a single phone call. Only two of his 14 papers were solidly in the black at purchase (the Oregonian and the Birmingham News); now all are making money...
Congratulations on your skillful report on Farm Businessman North [March 9] and others like him who are upsetting not only production records but outdated concepts of what the agricultural industry really is. While efficiency of livestock production has been boosted by refined management methods and breeding of animals with better production potential, constant beefing-up of nutritionally balanced feeds has probably contributed more than any other factor to present efficiency in food production...
...onetime presidential assistant for national-security affairs; Detroit Banker Joseph M. Dodge, onetime Budget Director; American Red Cross President Alfred M. Gruenther, onetime Supreme Allied Commander in Europe; Washington Lawyer Marx Leva, onetime Assistant Secretary of Defense; New York Banker John J. McCloy, onetime High Commissioner in Germany; Dallas Businessman George C. McGhee, onetime Assistant Secretary of State; General Joseph T. McNarney (ret.), onetime Commander of U.S. forces in Europe; Admiral Arthur W. Radford (ret.), onetime Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman; Oklahoma Oilman James E. Webb, onetime Under Secretary of State, onetime Budget Director...
...real life, TV's Wyatt Earp was a hardheaded businessman, less interested in law and order than he was in the fast buck. He reorganized the red-light district while he was in Dodge City, charged a fat fee for protection, and collected besides a sizable percentage of every fine he levied. He rarely fired a shot, made his reputation pistol-whipping drunken waddies...