Word: businessmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...after jubilantly telling newsmen that he had "completely achieved" his hope of establishing a "true and strong partnership" with the U.S., Kishi flew off to New York and new worlds to conquer. There, among other things this week, he planned to consult with John D. Rockefeller III. other U.S. businessmen, perhaps put in a good word or two about the advantages of wider U.S.-Japanese trade...
...junta officers, including Nasser's chief political adviser, Wing Commander Ali Sabri. In one case, 22 candidates had to be struck off to guarantee the unopposed election of a favored candidate. In an effort to woo support from the middle class that Nasser has estranged, a handful of businessmen and bankers were encouraged by judicious sabotage of their rivals. In five constituencies all candidates were declared unsatisfactory...
...best ways for the U.S. to spread the gospel of free enterprise-and for businessmen to sell its products-is to stage exhibits at foreign trade fairs. In the three years since the Government started to underwrite official exhibits at these shows, the U.S. has rung up priceless good will by unveiling the wares that symbolize its way of life to 40 million fair visitors in 27 countries. The 3,000 U.S. companies that contributed their goods also signed up millions of dollars in sales. Over the last fortnight, at Poland's Poznan Fair, the first U.S. trade exhibit...
...Some businessmen question whether it is good showmanship to display such things as a gadget-packed, full-scale U.S. house or a supermarket to impoverished people who can barely understand what they are, let alone buy them. But most businessmen believe that people over the world want to see the best and latest U.S. products, even though it is often a problem to make clear that the wonders are enjoyed by the average American...
...Dorothy's Rest north of San Francisco, run by the Sisters of the Transfiguration, last week's weekend retreat consisted of 30 men-two schoolteachers, one attorney, two retired, and 25 businessmen. Retreatants maintain silence except for a member selected to read aloud during meals and for private conferences with the retreat conductor. Members are encouraged to read such works as The Imitation of Christ, Evelyn Underbill's Worship, T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets. "It seems to me," says Canon Eric Montezambert, "that men are more deeply interested in retreats than women...