Word: development
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knowledgeable guide ("Susie didn't start studying till she was 14 because I loathe child acting"). Her father is Director Lee Strasberg, cofounder of the Group Theater, director of the Actors' Studio, leading U.S. exponent of the Stanislavsky ("live the role") method of acting. He has helped develop many stars, e.g., Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Julie Harris, claims that one of his current students, Marilyn Monroe, will some day amaze skeptics with her dramatic range. Daughter Susie got little formal help from him ("I don't take students younger than 18"), surprised him with her theatrical know...
...talent. In as general manager ten months ago went Laurence Hyland, an able onetime Bendix executive with plenty of drive to push both research and production, keep building up the staff. Since 1949, Hughes Aircraft's payroll has jumped from 750 to over 20,000; the research and development division alone has 2,000 topflight men against less than 100 seven years ago; one out of every ten scientists and engineers holds a Ph.D., one of every four a master's degree. With his talent monopoly, Hughes has repeatedly outbid some of the biggest U.S. firms for contracts...
Despite the objections, employee stock-purchase plans seem here to stay, and likely to spread. They not only help management broaden the base of company ownership, but also help establish a close relationship between management and employees. Stock-buying workers develop a greater incentive to save, a bigger interest in producing more, and a chance to get a permanent stake in U.S. capitalism...
...stated, however, that the Democratic Party must continue to place its leadership in the hands of liberals of integrity, such as Adlai Stevenson. He listed the following four factors for the party to concentrate on: 1) to develop an enlightened liberal leadership in the South, 2) to make its urban machines free from scandal, 3) to raise money without selling out to "big cats," and 4) to keep the support of the racial minorities and labor groups...
...campus. He had been dean of the college, had built up the mining school into one of the best in North America. After 19 prosperous years as a Seattle mining engineer, he was back at his old school to urge more "bold planning in the years ahead to develop this university to the point where it is giving maximum service to Alaska." After he finished speaking, the university's regents decided that Patty was just the man to succeed retiring President Terris Moore (TIME, July...