Word: golden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there have been four such awards. The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge presented one of its George Washington Honor Medals to Business Editor George Church for his July 14 cover story examining the question "Can Capitalism Survive?"; another medal was awarded for our special 1776 issue. Associate Editor Frederic Golden received the American Institute of Physics' science writing prize for his Sept. 1 cover on earthquakes. Our June 30 examination of crime, written by Associate Editors Jose M. Ferrer III and James Atwater and Staff Writer John Leo, received the New York State Bar Association's Media Award...
...Payola, Golden Eggs and Greed...
...profit motive is the catalyst of our free-enterprise system. It "leads us into temptation," but the system corrects itself. Let's not knock "the goose that laid the golden egg" too hard, or we will end up with a dead goose on our hands...
...annual retainer of $75,000. His new contract runs for ten years. The company's explanation is that Sarnoff s advice is needed by RCA on matters with which he is familiar "by reason of his former employment." The company's gesture seems to be a "golden handshake," a generous farewell present designed to discourage any public recriminations. The expensive practice was widespread in the business world until the mid-1960s, but since then, largely because of stockholders' opposition, it has been rather rare...
...lift my lamp beside the golden door...