Word: conrade
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is a sort of psychology working in favor of such underestimations. Explains Conrad Jamieson, the vice president and chief economist of Los Angeles' Security First National Bank: "If you underpredict, you can always say, 'Gee, we did even better than I had predicted,' and it's not so bad. But then if you say, 'Well, we didn't do as well as I thought we would,' you look a lot worse...
...bargaining point. On the other hand, a prolonged strike would both slow down the economy and hinder the Viet Nam war effort. In view of that, it is possible that Washington may once again intervene in steel negotiations when the deadline approaches. Meanwhile, says Chief Industry Negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, a U.S. Steel executive vice president, "I see very, very serious and difficult problems ahead...
Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufn, 1600-1843 by Conrad D. Totman...
...student leaders--Christian, Conrad R. Belt, 1L, Charles J. Beard, 2L, and Philip N. Lee, 1L--said that concern among the black students was aroused by the report, which was prepared by Richard T. Seymour...
...politicians is characteristic of Oliphant, who does not wear his politics on his sleeve, and in fact considers politics to be a rather humorous calling. His politicians are not the hardened villains of the Washington Post's Herblock or the Los Angeles Times's Paul Conrad, but the hapless victims of their own personalities. Such is his inescapable fondness for the political trade that Oliphant goes out of his way to avoid meeting politicians for fear of blunting his needle. While lampooning Barry Goldwater during the 1964 campaign, Oliphant did not risk a personal confrontation until the election...