Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flights, the next day taking a two-page newspa per ad to boast about its gourmet delicacies plus special treatment for "those stubborn few who don't like perfect martinis. We let you mix your own." On its Chicago-New York flight, United was gunning for the tired businessman, with a whole plane turned into a men-only compartment, where commuting executives are free to cuss, smoke cigars and relax in rumpled shirtsleeve comfort. For businessmen who do not want to relax, Braniff offered portable typewriters and Dictaphones. And for passengers with Klondike fever, Alaska Airlines was featuring...
Claude Kirk, 41, a Florida businessman and political tenderfoot, got himself elected last November as the state's first Republican Governor since Reconstruction. Last week, in a special legislative election necessitated by redistricting, Kirk led the G.O.P. to a position of power unprecedented anywhere in the modern South...
...resident of Thailand since 1946, Thompson had almost singlehanded made Thai silk and its shimmering colors world-renowned, and thus created a major export asset for the grateful Thais. But Thompson was more than a businessman; he was also a collector of Oriental objets d'art who filled his opulent Bangkok home with priceless porcelains and religious figures. He loved to roam through the jungle, searching for old ruins and occasionally kicking up a Buddha's head. One afternoon last week, when his hosts had retired to rest, he left their house without a word and went...
Trouble was, the skilled candymaker was a lamentable businessman. He found himself with three factories-in Kansas City, Mo., Lincoln, Neb., and Denver. The three not only failed to coordinate but often engaged in costly competition among themselves. Stover finally sold out in 1943 to 26 of his employees. It may or may not be pertinent that 19 of them were women. In any case, the partners usually required a fulldress conference in order to arrive at the most routine sort of decision. Stover Candies made money, but not much...
When Mac calls, the team listens, and the noisiest diversion dwindles into the background. For the voice belongs to James Smith McDonnell, 67, whose paternal pep talks are the hallmark of a remarkably successful modern businessman. "Our work," he is fond of saying, "is part of a great team effort. I congratulate all of you who have worked so long and hard." Invariably, he closes: "This is old Mac signing...