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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senator on Viet Nam. Hansen compounded that gaffe with a roundhouse charge that Church was "one of the chief architects of the chaos we are experiencing in our streets and in our foreign and fiscal policies." Recently, however, Hansen has been following the dictates of a Seattle public relations firm, and has made up ground by hitching his campaign to Nixon's coattails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE SENATE: Gains for the G.O.P., but Still Democratic and Liberal | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

Dartmouth is not as strong as it was, although the Big Green may be fired up after smashing Brown 48-0 last weekend. Harvard's defense seems the equal of the 1966 team and the backfield of Hornblower, Crim, Gatto, Lalich--sounds like a stockbrokerage firm--compares well to the Bobby Leo, Ric Zimmerman ensemble...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 10/26/1968 | See Source »

...stock, was negotiated by Bob Sarnoff and St. Regis' longtime chairman, Roy K. Ferguson, 74, but still must be approved by directors and shareholders of both companies. If it goes through, the acquisition of the $721.7 million-a-year paper company would put RCA, the 27th largest U.S. firm, as recently as four years ago, within striking distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: The RCA Reach | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

More Positives. Wall Street has denied Sarnoff high marks for the St. Regis deal for the simple reason that the paper company has not been growing as fast as RCA has. A stodgily managed firm in a cyclical industry, St. Regis earned $30.3 million last year, a 22% decline from the year before, but has managed to improve profits slightly so far in 1968. Although RCA stock dropped sharply following the merger announcement, Sarnoff insisted that "it's an excellent deal. The positives far outnumber the negatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: The RCA Reach | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...attack; in Greenwich, Conn. As G.E.'s comptroller in the 1950s, Phillippe cut costs to cope with foreign competition, and also simplified many of the company's procedures. So successful were his programs that he was jumped over five senior vice presidents to the top of the firm that today is the fourth largest in the U.S. (after General Motors, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Ford Motor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 25, 1968 | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

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