Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hinting that he has a lot more to talk about. Among the rumored topics: bribery involving U.S. and other foreign officials and disclosure of Pretoria's role in backing the Biafran rebels during the Nigerian civil war. Two weeks ago, Rhoodie had a rendezvous in Paris with General Hendrik van den Bergh, 64, former head of South Africa's notorious Bureau of State Security (BOSS), and an industrialist named Josias van Zyl, 31, who offered Rhoodie a sales job in one of his companies. What the two men wanted in return was Rhoodie's promise...
...family's distillery. Witnessing the chaos and waste of World War I convinced him of the need for international cooperation. By 1916 Monnet had become France's representative in London on the executive committees that coordinated supplies and production. A four-year stint as Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations further broadened his perspectives. After spending a decade in international banking, Monnet during World War II once again became involved in organizing production and supplies for the Allies-this time in Washington. He recognized the leadership qualities of Charles de Gaulle, and he joined the provisional...
...group of 48 Roundtable member firms, among them AT&T, General Motors, Exxon, Procter & Gamble, Dow Chemical and Eastman Kodak, were examined for the added costs caused in 1977 by just six federal regulatory agencies and programs. The total: $2.6 billion, which was equal to about 16% of the companies' net profits, 10% of their capital expenditures and 40% of their R. & D. budgets for the year. IBM Chairman Frank Gary, who supervised the study, reckoned that the $2.6 billion figure, extrapolated to cover the whole U.S. economy, would yield an overall cost of regulation that is "not inconsistent...
...melancholy," the Moscow-born Massine scored his first great success in 1917, when he collaborated with Artist Pablo Picasso, Writer Jean Cocteau and Composer Erik Satie to produce Parade, thus turning the ballet world toward modernism. The wiry dancer, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was probably best known to the general public for his film performances in The Red Shoes and Tales of Hoffman...
...last year that pointed out at least 30 cases that were never prosecuted to avoid further disclosure at a public trial. "People who are somehow connected with intelligence information have something like a license not only to kill, but to lie, steal, cheat and spy," testified former Deputy Solicitor General Philip Lacovara. "There is not very much that can be done about...