Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...plump, graying man stood up in his shirtsleeves last week in the sweltering 88° heat of Melbourne, Australia, and made a surprising announcement. Said Chairman Henry Ford II to his firm's local managers: "By the end of this year I will have relinquished my executive responsibilities with the Ford Motor...
Last July Ford fired President Lee Iacocca, who was later replaced by Philip Caldwell. Some time before Jan. 1, Caldwell will probably replace Ford as chairman as well as chief executive, and Executive Vice President William O. Bourke, 51, is expected to move to the president's post; both are highly able, although less colorful than Ford. Meanwhile, Henry's brother William Clay Ford, 54, is expected to remain as chairman of the executive committee. Henry Ford may stay on as chairman of a revised finance committee and a director. Said one Ford Motor Co. insider: "As long...
...main force behind this whisky rebellion is Keizo Saji, 59, the professorial chairman of Suntory Ltd. He and his family own Suntory still, pot and barrel. Last year the company's after-tax profits are estimated to have reached $57 million on sales of $2.8 billion. With volume last year of 26 million cases of Scotch-type whisky, Suntory not only commands 64% of Japan's whisky market but also claims to be the world's leading private distiller...
...Chairman" is fine, but ''Chairperson" isn't, according to one of the language's most respected arbiters, the Oxford University Press, whose new 770-page paperback dictionary states crisply; "The word chairman may be used of persons of either...
...guide to British, rather than American usage was compiled by a woman, Joyce M. Hawkins, 50. Aware that "chairperson" and its kin (e.g., "spokesperson") are increasingly accepted in the U.S., she notes, "In this country, chairperson is treated with mild amusement." The huge Oxford English Dictionary first included "chairman" a century ago, and, as Hawkins points out, its original usage made no sexual distinction. Still, Hawkins' dictionary tolerates "chairwoman," which it defines as a "female chairman...