Word: firm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...private citizen, Conservationist Udall may have far wider and more satisfying opportunities. Last week he announced the formation of the Overview Group, an international consulting firm that he will head. Overview is designed to deal with no less a problem than man's despoliation of the earth...
...landscaping and the interior of some floors, the Hancock Center will bring 8,000 new residents and office workers-plus 1,000,000 visitors a year-into a neighborhood that is already congested with cars and people. Some Chicagoans complain that the massive building, designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (TIME cover, Aug. 2), .has an overpowering effect on the far smaller buildings around it. Still, Chicago seems eager to utilize the space provided by the new skyscraper, as evidenced by the fact that 39% of its apartments and 42% of its offices have already been rented...
...American Insurance Co. decided to dip into its $300 million surplus to distribute a total of about $171 million in securities. Reason: National General Corp., a Los Angeles-based moviemaker and would-be conglomerate, recently picked up 75% control of Great American Holding Corp., the fire and casualty insurance firm's parent holding company...
Mark Stein is great as Paul, an endearing employee of great ambition. He gets disgusted and wonders why he bothers to work days and study nights; he wants to run off to the West but instead strives like any good American young man to rise in the firm...
...there has been no formal sign of concession from Finch. In response to growing Northern protest, he said that it was his "firm intent to make the schools comply with the guidelines set by Congress and the Supreme Court"--after the 60 days...