Word: firm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Governor in 1966, says Reagan, "I told them that if I was going to be a divisive influence, I wouldn't run, but that I would test the water." Thus, in the spring of 1965, a group called the Friends of Ronald Reagan retained a political management firm, Spencer & Roberts, that had previously specialized in handling California campaigns for such moderate Republicans as Tom Kuchel and Nelson Rockefeller. After dozens of trips around California, Reagan decided that the G.O.P. could hardly be in worse shape than it already...
...people." Nguyen Baluong, 65, the senior delegate and presiding officer for the Assembly's opening session, spoke for the delegates: "We must have a government that carries out the desires of the people, and such a government can only be formed when our nation has a firm constitution...
...Pittsburgh manufacturer of steel for machine tools: "If the war were concluded tomorrow, I think we'd experience a 10% drop in business, but the backlog would be back where it now is within one year." Adds Charles Ducommun, president of Ducommun Inc., a Los Angeles metal supply firm: "A peace market would be a bull market, and most businessmen would happily adjust to it." Manufacturers commonly believe that they could quickly turn their war production lines around to serve the clamoring consumer demand, and to meet the expected rise in Government orders for domestic programs. Though...
...inevitably tab-loided as "the Merchant Prince." The condescending title never fitted the round-faced ruler of New York's Gree ley Square. In the 34 years he spent on the throne, first as president of Gimbel Bros., Inc., and later as chairman, Gimbel personally changed the family firm into an empire that this year will sell $600 million worth of merchandise in 27 Gimbels stores and 27 swankier Saks Fifth Avenue stores. Beyond that, with a zest that lasted almost up to his death last week at 81 of spinal cancer, Gimbel roamed his adopted city...
...York management consulting firm, Cresap, McCormick and Paget, submitted a report on the Athletic Department to the administration in 1965 that was devoted in part to the need for new construction. The report has never been released publicly...