Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like the Democratic Party itself, it was composed of the most diverse elements: Southerners (who dislike Truman because of his stand on racial equality), New Dealers (who think Truman has forsaken them) and big city bosses (who fear that Truman will be so badly beaten that they will lose control of local offices...
...Andrei A. Gromyko cast Russia's 26th veto-against the U.S. plan to control atomic energy...
...biggest cash deal in Hollywood history was closed when Howard Hughes bought control...
Profits and dividends were not the only things that were headed up. Last week the economy's price structure began to feel the impact of the third round wage hike. General Electric Co., which had already boosted home appliances, raised the prices of industrial motors 5% and industrial control equipment 10%. Chrysler joined the automobile price-boosting parade with a 3% to 6½% increase...
Outsider In. Six months ago, old (66) hawk-nosed Sosthenes Behn was jarred into relaxing his one-man control of the International Telephone & Telegraph. Insurgent stockholders, led by Financier Clendenin Ryan, had succeeded in electing seven (out of 23) directors (TIME, Jan. 5). Last week, Behn voluntarily relaxed some more control. He stepped out as president (remaining as chairman and chief executive officer), got his new board to bring in an outsider: A.T.&T.'s operations & engineering chief, Vice President William H. Harrison...