Word: businessman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When I came here," Hall said, "I understood that I would never be president of Harvard. That's not a hangup with me. I knew that when I came. If Harvard gets to the point where a businessman becomes the president, then...
Brilliant Tactician. Though he is respected and often feared, Marcos does not arouse Kennedy-like adulation among Filipinos. "He is the most brilliant political tactician the Philippines has ever had," grudgingly admitted one businessman who thoroughly dislikes Marcos' "constitutional authoritarianism." But the businessman added: "He and the top officials can do anything and nobody can stop them...
Warning of Peril. From the beginning, the race was between Barbagelata's belt-tightening oratory and Mascone's smoother campaign organization and personal style. The dollar-conscious Barbagelata, a businessman who keeps a pocket calculator at the ready during board of supervisors meetings, counted on support from San Franciscans who feared their city might suffer the fate of New York. A four-day police and firemen's strike in August showed citizens how determined unions might bully a city into submission. Over the supervisors' protests, outgoing Mayor Joseph Alioto finally caved in and granted raises...
...Research and Development. One of the businessmen most admired by other chief executives is Reginald Jones, 58, chairman of General Electric Co. (But for Jones to be elected, the Constitution would have to be amended. He was born in England, and brought to the U.S. as a child.) Another businessman on many lists would be Thornton F. Bradshaw, 58, the innovative president of Atlantic Richfield Co. He has a grasp of the nation's energy needs and extensive experience in dealing with foreign governments. Bradshaw also holds three degrees...
...rarely mentioned as possible Presidents, in part because corporate chiefs are little known by the public, in part because of the deep-rooted American suspicion of businessmen's motives. Many of our earlier Presidents (starting with George Washington) had some entrepreneurial experience, but the last out-and-out businessman who ran was Wendell Willkie in 1940. Says John T. Connor, chairman of Allied Chemical Corp. and former head of Merck & Co.: "Anyone with previous business experience becomes immediately suspect. Certain segments think that he can't make a decision in the public interest...