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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Foremost in his makeup is vitality, drive, and aggressiveness," said Dr. Slight. "But he is expected to shut down these drives and be a man of diplomacy. The tycoon has not much place nowadays. The executive must be a compromiser. Therefore, a great deal of his innate drive cannot be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Better Snarl a Bit | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

With its low-slung, "step-down" car, Hudson Motor Car Co. had been competing with Buick, Oldsmobile and De Soto. This week, Hudson unveiled a smaller, cheaper car to compete with Pontiac and Dodge. The new Pacemaker looks like current Hudsons, but has a shorter wheelbase (119 in. v. the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Step Down | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Eastman Kodak Co. last week announced a "wage dividend" for its 48,000 employees of $15,500,000, biggest in the 38-year-old history of Eastman's profit-sharing plan (last year's bonus: $13 million). Though Eastman's earnings for the first nine months this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAGES: Wassail! | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

With Battle Report: Victory in the Pacific, Captain Karig and his assistants have finished their five-volume stint. Like the other four, Victory moves at the brisk pace of journalism, seldom pauses for reflection or criticism. Its eyewitness reports of the Pacific slugging match are graphic, often moving; but except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pacific Tale, Twice Told | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

In her bestseller, Anna and the King of Siam (TIME, July 10, 1944), Margaret Landon let her bucket down into a deep well of Siamese history and personal experience (she was ten years a missionary in Siam) and drew it up full of a sparkling mixture of Eastern fact & fable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: No Second Spring | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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