Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...widened. The large American multinationals, such as GM, Ford, ITT, Kodak and IBM, understandably do not wish to undercut their foreign operations by increasing exports of finished products from the U.S. To a degree, multinationals benefit the U.S. because much of their profit is returned home in the form of retained earnings ($20 billion in 1977). Yet in a world that still reckons trade on a nation-to-nation basis, the great productivity of the multinationals abroad does not help the appearance of the U.S. import-export numbers...
...Organization Man, wrote William H. Whyte in the final paragraph of his 1956 classic, must fight The Organisation William Whyte, meet fletcher Byrom. A feisty fellow, Byrom lives by the philosophy that the highest form of loyalty is to battle organizational rigidities and inertia...
...country in "prolonging" the benefits it has been getting from its North Sea reserves and noted that Norwegians are beginning to feel "sort of in between" the industrial world and the oil exporters. It may only be a matter of time before Norway and other in-between nations form a group that will remain out of the cartel but "consult" with OPEC on prices and other oil matters...
...apricot-pit-based substance in the U.S., despite a federal ban on interstate shipments, and have succeeded in recent years in getting 17 states to legalize its use. They scored another success recently when the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that terminally ill cancer patients could procure the injectable form of Laetrile for personal use. Nevertheless, scientific proof that the drug works is lacking...
...month trial, to begin in January, will involve at least 300 patients with advanced cancer that has not responded to other treatment. Each patient will sign a consent form. Says Upton: "We would not foist Laetrile on any unknowing patient." Still to be worked out is whether Laetrile will be given alone or, as some proponents advise, in combination with other metabolic therapies such as high-dose vitamins, minerals and diet changes. Since preparations of the drug are known to vary, NCI will formulate and distribute the Laetrile to be used...