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One of the largest and most profitable corporations in the U.S. has been run for nearly 20 years by an avowed Socialist. The company is Schlumberger (1983 revenues: $5.8 billion), a leading oilfield-services firm. The executive is Frenchman Jean Riboud, who is profiled in The Art of Corporate Success...
Marcos' confidant testifies More than 500 spectators were waiting when the doors of Magsaysay Hall in the Social Security Building in Quezon City opened at 8:15 a.m. last Friday. They had come to hear the Philippines' top military officer testify about why his forces were unable to...
But Chernenko's personality and political experience are also at the heart of the uncertainty about what he represents. He is a Russian who was raised in Siberia, and his background marks him as both peasant born and a man of the people. He spent more than 40 years laboring...
In the end Olivia's life permeates Heat and Dust, and enables Anne to live as Olivia ought to have lived, single, independent and pregnant. The cast of supporting actors gives splendid performances. Nickolas Grace's Harry bridges the gap between Olivia and Anne. During the 1920s he is the...
Israelis were stunned when Begin, 70, suddenly announced at a Cabinet meeting early last week that he intended to resign. The Prime Minister, who has suffered two heart attacks, one stroke and a broken hip, has been in poor health for some time. In the past year, moreover, Begin has...