Word: firmnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...having "played politics in a period of tragedy and despair." The President at first let Attorney General Ramsey Clark deny the charge, but later, Johnson himself explained the intricacies of ordering federal troops into a local situation. Romney seemed to come out ahead. Opinion samplings by the market research firm of Sindlinger & Co. indicated that Romney's popularity in Michigan exceeded Johnson's after the riot. Nationwide, Sindlinger reported, two-thirds of the public believed that Johnson waited too long before sending in the paratroopers...
Weinberger is the proud inventor of a new nylon "body armor" - a 1/8-in.-thick fabric that holds great promise for wide use in war, law enforcement and industry. According to Davis Air craft Products Inc., the Long Island firm which is producing and developing it, the material is 48% more effective than any armor now in use. "The difference between this material and other nylon fabrics is primarily a matter of weave," says Weinberger, who is keeping the pattern a secret until his patent is granted. "It works by diverting the impact energy from the impact point." Threads...
Still, Krupp's deepest humiliation stemmed from a shocking debacle with his bankers. Alfried had planned some day to turn over his holdings to a foundation, under which the firm would be run as a public company. But Krupp's bankers last spring rebelliously refused more credit to his debt-saddled firm...
...roll off the same assembly lines. The remaining shares are held by 45,000 Brazilian investors who now, to their delight, become partners of Henry Ford. Renault, which is Kaiser's partner in an Argentine car company called Industrias Kaiser Argentina, will acquire a controlling share of that firm. Renault will buy up a major part of Kaiser's 30% interest, as well as 14% held by two Argentine banks. Ford will also acquire Transax, S.A., an 1KA subsidiary in Argentina that has been supplying parts for Willys-Overland...
...design as well. Misjudging the market, BMW decided on an eight-cylinder luxury job which cost so much to build that it lost money from the start. Simultaneously, the company started producing a loser on the other end of the scale: the onecylinder 13-h.p. Isetta. By 1959, the firm was so deep in the red that merger or absorption seemed inevitable. Rumors spread that several big firms, including Daimler-Benz and General Electric, were making bids. This so shocked proud Bavaria that a public campaign was begun to save the flagship of local industry...