Word: flagrantly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grand jury indictments came as no surprise to General Electric Co's. Chairman Ralph J. Cordiner. Last month he reported that G.E. executives who had shown "flagrant disregard" for G.E.'s policy by discussing prices with competitors had been downgraded and that their salaries had been cut. But for Westinghouse's management the indictments "came as a shock." The company said the actions charged to its employees are "completely contrary to long-established policies," though no action had been taken against the employees involved. If convicted, the companies will be subject to a maximum fine...
...sharp edge to Chairman Ralph J. Cordiner's voice shocked General Electric brass at the annual management conference in Hot Springs, Va. last week. Certain G.E. officers and general managers, said Cordiner, had shown "flagrant disregard" of G.E. policy-and possibly U.S. antitrust laws-by discussing prices with competitors before they bid on big contracts for Government agencies such as the Tennessee Valley Authority. Equally grave, these men "had categorically denied any such acts" to Cordiner until months after a federal grand jury in Philadelphia began investigating; only then did they confess to him. Some of the executives, announced...
...come now to our most pressing national problem. I know all of you are worried about the recent advances made by the Soviet Union. Last week the Russians offered to join our Alliance Club, in flagrant violation of the 1960 Summit Treaty. However, I assure you that our policy, conceived by the top machines in the country, is firmly rooted in our two great principles: the Give-em-an-inch-and-they'll-take-a-foot Doctrine, and the You-can-trust-the-Russians-as-far-as-you-can-throw-them Policy...