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...once the cheapest and the best. The organization is extrovert, outgoing and inquisitive." Male Superiority. Quite the opposite is j the female corporation. "Its factory buildings are prettily sited and smartly kept with pastel shades in the paintwork and flower beds near the gate. There can be too much fuss over details, an insistence on exact procedure and an overemphasis on the appearance (as opposed to the reality) of competence. In general, the female trend is toward economy and financial caution. Faced with a recession, the female corporation hastens to curtail expenditure and reduce the dividend." Recognizing the difference, says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executives: Parkinson's Third Law | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

...French is even better than his Russian; he has studied it since childhood) and a slight acquaintance with De Gaulle (they met during Bohlen's 1949-51 stint as second man in the Paris embassy). This time his appointment is expected to clear the Senate with no fuss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: Man on the Spot | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...week, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany announced that labor would soon start campaigning actively for a 35-hour week. He realized, he said, that it would not come right away, but he figured that labor could get the short week eventually "if we start a drive and make enough fuss." Or perhaps talking of labor's future was better than talking about labor's present. With unemployment high (5.3%) and union membership waning, labor has been having its troubles at the bargaining table lately. The workingman's wages-like the businessman's prices and profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Business: Overtime & Moonlighting | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...votes, more than the combined total won by Alford, McMath and three other also-rans. The one place where his opposition beat him was Pulaski County, home of Little Rock (where 42 Negro students went peaceably to integrated schools last term, five years after all the fuss Faubus made). In Little Rock, Faubus got only 40% of the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Fifth for Faubus | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

...conditioning celebrated the 60th year of its existence last week in its own peculiar, purring style. No fuss, just cool and quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Blow, Cool Air | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

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