Word: firmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...social policy, his ability to communicate and reason orally, and his ability to work with other people. All of these are skills central to a lawyer's career. Moreover, this pressure-cooker form of evaluation is very unlike that which occurs after graduation. That evaluation--whether in a law firm, government, or teaching--takes place over time and is based on cumulative efforts...
Last week, as they prepared for the forthcoming Apollo 9 mission, officials in Houston paid tribute to Houbolt, who quit NASA in 1963 and now works for an aeronautical-research firm in Princeton, N.J. "I just thank my lucky stars that guys like Houbolt came along," said Caldwell Johnson, chief of the manned-spacecraft-design office. "I suppose that Columbus had some help...
What to do? Like many displaced U.S. basketball players these days, the pair hit on a happy alternative: dribble off to Europe. Tillman, 22, is currently averaging 19 points a game for Simmenthal, a team sponsored by a Milan meat-packing firm of the same name...
...rules that determine who gets what in the U.S. economy are at once distressingly inequitable and remarkably logical. Tradition, profit, risk and decision making all play a part. Regional pay differences exist, but are narrowing as executive mobility increases. The Fantus Co., a site-seeking firm for industry, reckons that for young executives living costs in New York run 12% higher than in Chicago and 40% higher than in Dallas. Although some companies give Manhattan executives premium pay, it does not always make up for the cost-of-living differential...
...little as $25,000 a year, though he can hope to become a major bank president at $250,000 or so. Partners at Lehman Brothers and other investment banking houses can earn $500,000 or more a year. Their incomes depend upon how much capital they contribute to the firm and the size of the mergers, underwritings and other deals that they bring in. Unlike commercial bankers, however, the investment bankers have partnership arrangements that make them personally liable for losses...