Word: chief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...French National Assembly, he decided to act. "What imbeciles!" exploded De Gaulle. "The future of Algeria depends on these elections, and here they are circulating lists designed to sabotage all the plans." Still seething, De Gaulle fired off a peremptory directive to General Raoul Salan, French commander in chief in Algeria. In it De Gaulle ordered that...
...Armor. The time had come to stand up and be counted. Paratroop General Jacques Massu, the figurehead co-president of the Algiers Public Safety Committee, promptly if grumpily strode into a committee meeting, accompanied by subordinates in white uniforms, to announce: "Gentlemen, in execution of the order of the chief of government, we quit." Undeterred, the civilian members of the committee called for a general strike against De Gaulle's directive...
Blue chips were the chief gainers in the market rise, but many a less distinguished stock chalked up impressive gains. The week's most active stock was Studebaker-Packard. Though the company has not earned a dime in four years, its stock gained if for the week, largely on the strength of a recapitalization program approved by stockholders at midweek. In two months Studebaker's stock has doubled its value...
...facts: aside from the stock market, whose rise has also been sparked by the expectation of better business and profits, virtually every economic indicator that usually signals inflation is failing to do so now. Chief among these is inventory liquidation, which has continued despite the recovery. If businessmen thought they would have to pay more for raw materials six months from now, they would start building up inventories instead of continuing to cut them...
...clothing store. David May spread his stores through the Midwest, and his son Morton J. May, Buster May's father and the chairman of May Co., expanded the chain coast to coast. Buster still consults with his father but has run his own show since taking over as chief executive officer...