Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...part, Missouri's Long denounced the expose as a "smear," explained that the $48,000 he collected from Shenker-in installments of $2,000 a month-had nothing to do with Hoffa, but was earned by referring estate and damage cases from his own law firm, one of the six Missouri and Illinois businesses that have made the junior Senator a millionaire. "I have been scrupulous to see that no conflicts of interest arise," he told the Senate. Long claimed that the Internal Revenue Service, a primary target of his probe, was out to "get me" and had leaked...
...want the requirement to provide students with a firm confrontation with a language, but not a destructive one," Monro explained. He said there "has been quite a switch in attitudes in the College" about the rigor with which the requirement should be observed...
...Wedgwood family, decided by a narrow margin of eight votes to offer stock to the public. Not pinched for capital, the company nevertheless is in an expansive mood. A further impetus is the Kennedy Round, which promises tariff cuts on china sold abroad. While its markets are firm, Wedgwood wants to create new ones. Says Managing Director Arthur Bryan, 44: "We can sell 75% of our output without even trying, but it's the top 25% that adds zip to our profits...
...Arrogant to Sell. The first non-Wedgwoodian to direct the firm, Bryan ascended in 1963 after he had added zip to stagnating operations in America, where representatives were living off the company's great name. "They were too damn arrogant to write a sale," says he. Heads rolled, operations were reorganized, and in less than two years North American sales jumped by a third. That market, in fact, accounts for about 40% of the company's sales...
Quality Before Quantity. Until recently the company has avoided producing low-priced china. It did try in 1948 to mass-produce a line, but the results were unmarketable. Last year, however, Wedgwood bought Tuscan China Holdings Ltd. and the earthenware-pottery firm of William Adams. Both are quality producers in the low price range; the Wedgwood name will not appear on their products...