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...Town Meetings and Worker's Control." Walzer deceptively renews the time-honored social-contract tradition to state his theory justifying socialism in modern America. Just as an entrepreneur cannot own a city or stake claim to its political governance, neither should he be entitled to corporate ownership; economic enterprise, like political, involves human relations and cooperation that cannot be possessed by any group of individuals. His argument here is intriguing, but not really convincing, and a bit myopic. He conveniently ignores the emergence of a modern managerial class and bureaucratic power--although he devotes a great deal of attention...
...those venerable dailies with presses and family ownership running back to the past century, few can match legends with the Denver Post. Founded in 1892, the Post really came to life three years later when it was grabbed up by an ex-barkeeper and entrepreneur named Harry Tammen and a rich but tightfisted developer, Fred Bonfils. For the next several decades, the two partners made the Post one of the liveliest, if least respected newspapers in the country. Advertisers were bullied, civic leaders were indiscriminately attacked, and readers came to know Publisher Bonfils' homespun creed: "A dogfight...
...semester delivery problems, HDNS admittedly could pull itself out of the mire, despite a poor reputation and an outstanding $5000 debt to Cambridge Trust. On the other hand, Epps has not proved that he is willing to keep himself up-to-date about HDNS or to act as its entrepreneur when the service lacks a responsible manager. Clearly, Epps would fulfill his responsibility as dean of students if he acted in the spirit of the University's legal relationship with HDNS and removed himself entirely from the service's management...
Charles J. Christenson, a specialist in management control, was named Little Professor of Business Administration. Friends and associates of Royal Little, founder of Textron, Inc., endowed the chair in 1966 as a birthday gift to the entrepreneur...
...first new American sailing freighter will probably be the 450-ton Patricia A., which California Entrepreneur Hugh Lawrence is modifying by adding wind power to its existing diesel power. The ship's captain will control the four 16-ft.-to 50-ft.-wide Dacron sails mechanically from the bridge. Lawrence expects to be using the 170-ft. freighter on Caribbean trade routes starting in April...