Word: giver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chairman. He succeeded Richard E. Cross, who became chairman of the executive committee in order to devote more time to his Detroit law practice. A.M.C.'s crusty Roy Abernethy remained as president and chief executive, but Evans quickly made it obvious that he intends to be the new giver of gospel. While Abernethy scowled at a press conference and puffed a six-inch cigar down to the stub, Evans committed the automaking heresy of knocking the styling of his company's cars. For this he blamed-however illogically-former A.M.C. Boss George Romney, who left a full four...
...which usually finds itself in the role of the giver at such sessions, this time wanted something itself. It wanted what President Johnson called, in his address to the powerful members of the IMF, "a new and imaginative look" at the subject of world money reform...
...Giver-Getter Pattern...
Simple Uncle Sap-ism? No; other new attitudes, drawn from two decades of experience, have clarified the giver-getter relationship. Only the naive among the givers expect lavish thanks; only the naive among the getters darkly suspect concealed U.S. motives. The U.S. now knows that arm twisting by withdrawing aid rarely works-and it usually knows better than to let foreign governments attempt aid-or-else blackmail. Moreover, the U.S. has backed away from any grandiose dreams of remaking the world; receiving nations nonetheless candidly want a large helping of U.S. machines, techniques and comforts...
...Associated Press yesterday quoted Detective Captain Cavoti as saying: "We don't know whether they were selling the stuff. It apparently was giver a away...