Word: controls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over five hours, the crowd praised the Tanzanian and Ugandan exile forces for overthrowing Amin's regime. They vowed their support for the new provisional government which announced control of the country Wednesday. Top officials in the new government will take office Friday...
...activity falls outside his specific area of expertise, deButts attributes the value of a business executive as a government adviser to his general expertise.. The government is "going to listen because these people (the CEOs) obviously have some sense or they wouldn't be where they were. They control a large segment of the economy...
...interview comes to an abrupt end, and I find my way unescorted back through the carpeted corridors and marble halls, out onto the street. I am perplexed. How can deButts believe that his control over a single multibillion dollar corporation justifies his having political power rivaling that of most elected officals in areas in which he has no expertise? After three years at Harvard and a summer in Washington, I had expected the worst from our government, so it was no surprise that corporate dollars buy political power. But I hardly believe the corporate attitude that such practices are natural...
CEOs have always been reluctant to get personally involved in Washington, he continues because they prefer the security of their own fiefdoms in New York, complete with well-established procedures, well-connected friends and absolute control over most people they deal with every...
...Congress in the hope that they will remember the generosity of corporate America when antitrust legislation and the like comes up for consideration. Big business now sends its titular heads as emmisaries to Washington. Like the ruler of a foreign nation, the CEO's charisma--derived from his control of billions and billions of dollars--gives him access to the powers-that-be in Washington. In principle, every citizen has equal political right. In practice, some are more equal than others...