Word: corp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...slight, stooped electrical engineer, Shapp, 53, parlayed an investment of $500 into the Jerrold Corp., a multi-million-dollar electronics firm. He had hankered for political office for years, only to be given the polite brushoff by politicians more interested in his cash than his candidacy. Denied the senatorial nomination in 1964, Shapp decided that 1966 was the year to go it alone...
...history's most misquoted statements, Charles E. Wilson, ex-chairman of the General Motors Corp., told the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1953, during hearings to confirm his appointment as Secretary of Defense: "For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa." The truth of that celebrated remark has never been more apparent than today. For five straight years, the U.S. economy has enjoyed unprecedented good times, and no company has benefited more from the prosperity or contributed more to it than General Motors. Now that the sales...
Finally, a man should have a choice of alternate means of service: Peace Corps, Teachers Corp, Vista, and selected private agencies of social action. Since a universal draft is not envisioned here, these non-military organizations would not have to alter their admission standards. The only bureaucratic shuffling required would be the establishment of ROTC-like programs, so that students accepted by non-military agencies might complete their education before serving...
...Sunglasses now sell faster than lipstick and makeup," says Sea & Ski Corp. President William Randall. "Women buy wardrobes of them, just as they do shoes." And like all fashions, variety is their spice. This spring the vogue is for bold geometries: big, wide rectangles, squares, octagons and ovals, in dazzling op designs. Frames come in all black, all white, one eye black and the other white, black and white stripes, checks, or combinations of both. Just for fun, some glasses come armed with roll-up awnings and huge fake eyelashes; others sport spectacular papier-mâché designs glued...
...Revlon went outside the company to find a new president, Dan Rodgers, 46, until now vice president of the competitive American Home Products Corp. With Revlon selling well in cosmetics, Rodgers, who succeeds George H. Murphy, is likely to concentrate on some of the company's subsidiary products, such as shoe polish, dyes, plastic flowers and women's sportswear...