Word: coined
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Reverse Chauvinism. On the other side of the coin, no special restrictions stand in the way of direct French investment in U.S. firms, which now stands close to $200 million, plus at least $1 billion worth of stock-and-bond holdings. State-controlled Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, the ninth largest oil company in the world, has just bought one-third of Leonard Refineries, Inc., a Michigan-based independent oil company with 800 retail outlets and 1,200 miles of pipeline, as an entering wedge into the rich U.S. market. Petroles plays the game with some reverse chauvinism based...
...Segel organized General Numismatics Corp., a private mint set up in Franklin, Pa., to produce commemorative coins for some 5,000 coin collectors and hired away from...
...knowing how many) develop a preference for one of the houses. In the past, they were required to state their first, second, and third preferences, on their applications, and this led to choices that were sometimes based on little more than the flip of a coin. Once the choice had been formulated, it assumed increasing importance; and, for the 40 per cent who did not get their first choice, some sense of disappointment was inevitable. There were, on the other hand, some who had strong reasons for wanting to be in one House rather than another. However, because their "vote...
...good side: Negroes now find it much easier to land production-line jobs in the South, and unemployment has ceased to be the headache it was for all kinds of workers just a few months ago in Los Angeles, Seattle and Boston. Now, on the other side of the coin, the labor shortage poses major problems for businessmen who are struggling to keep costs down and production up. The factory work week has jumped to a postwar high of 41.1 hours, and the average U.S. worker is pulling down 3.6 hours of overtime a week. Employers are hiring younger...
...always, however, did Young gauge his audience so well. In the process of discounting China's military threat, he said the Chinese navy consisted of "nothing except thousands of junks." The type who laughs compulsively whenever he hears the word "junk" laughed, and Young--apparently encouraged--went on to coin a new phrase--"junks full of Chinks." It was an awkward moment all around. Some hissed; most were pointedly silent and the Ohio Senator had no easy time of it recovering...