Word: confidental
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even solider than the talk of Sir Winston's impending step down was the talk of who will replace him. The word has plainly gone out through Tory Party circles-undoubtedly from No. 10 Downing Street-that Anthony Eden is the man. To assure Eden's smooth succession...
But Richard Austen Butler. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, misses no point. If an opposition speaker misstates what he said, Rab is quickly on his feet to set the record straight in his clear, flat voice. If goaded, his reply is quick and effective. Hugh Gaitskell, Labor'...
Despite this, he kept up a brisk intellectual life, and turned out an impressive body of letters and articles ranging from theology to musical criticism. He also worked on a new translation of the Old Testament into German. He received visitors, entertained dinner guests, and displayed a quiet courage. At...
Buck Dumaine is just as confident, thinks the question is not whether he will control the company but by how much. Family interests alone control some 28% of the stock (273,399 shares), and count on getting another 175,000 shares in stockholders' proxies, plus at least half of...
To the Last Proxy. Both Dumaine and McGinnis were supremely confident of winning control, but they knew the fight would be close. McGinnis and his allies own some 30% of the New Haven common and preferred stock (1,015,585 shares outstanding), claim that under the New Haven's...