Word: exploitation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Cong, of course, were quick to exploit the unrest in I Corps. Last week Red agents infiltrated some of the demonstrations in Hue and took solace from the two-day general strike that cut down traffic and slowed unloading at Danang's busy port. That sent Premier Ky to the nationwide radio at week's end with a warning that the government would "move strongly" to quell agitation. But Ky moderated the threat with a promise that South Viet Nam would be given a new constitution by November at the latest, and other officials hinted that national...
Fanny ran for 888 performances and made Merrick and his investors $847,726.74 clear profit on an investment of $275,000. Merrick was in, and he meant to stay in. With a shrewdness and energy that scared his rivals stiff, he moved to consolidate and exploit his position...
...spark came in 1956 when Roger Vadim, then a lowly assistant director, somehow wrangled his producer into backing a low-budget effort entitled And God Created Women starting Vadim's own wife, who happened to be Brigitte Bardot. The film's success encouraged normally conservative French producers to exploit the appeal of both unknown stars and directors, and France at that time harbored a huge backlog of just such talent...
...Volpe has clearly and frequently stated, an additional $200 million must be collected to finance these projects and the governor has very few alternative sources of revenue to exploit. If he were governor of almost any other state, he could consider raising the rates of the graduated income tax applying to higher income groups. This is the sort of measure that most Massachusetts Democrats would like to recommend. But the graduated income tax is unconstitutional in Massachusetts, and an amendment must be passed by the state legislature in two separate sessions before it can be presented to the voters. Even...
...named Occidental, a 38-year-old petroleum producer whose shares had plunged to 20?. For $60,000, Hammer got a major interest in the company, later merged it with Gene Reid Drilling, Inc. In 1963, Occidental expanded into fertilizers. Hammer now has an agreement with the Moroccan government to exploit its high-grade phosphate rock resources...