Word: growth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They vary greatly in size now, as they did then, from Carlo Gambino's army of 1,000 in New York to James Lanza's tiny, ineffectual squad of twelve in San Francisco. Currently, several families are open to recruits, offering new opportunities for growth and power. United by oath and blood, Maranzano's organization may have as long a life as Caesar...
...Eugene P. Odum, 55, of the University of Georgia, is a specialist on estuarine marshes and author of the standard college textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology. "We have got to stop thinking of ourselves as being in the growth stage of civilization and realize that we are in the mature stage," says Odum. "Up to now we have been a consumptive, destructive civilization. We must now learn to recycle and reuse." Under his direction, the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology is studying how tidewater marshes help to produce 90% of the country's seafood...
...room device in his home workshop, and it sold so well that he found himself worth $14,500,000. He turned to U.S. Trust. The bankers set up an estate for him by making three real estate investments, buying a portfolio of tax-free municipal bonds and long-term growth stocks, and setting up trusts for his two children. Estate advisers even thought of future grandchildren and provided trusts for them in the doctor's will. "By creating charitable trusts," says Vice Chairman Johnson, "it is possible to make money stick to a family's bones decade after...
...that Congress is moving at last to reform the tax code (see THE NATION), many well-used loopholes will be plugged. U.S. Trust will undoubtedly find new gaps in the law and apply them for the enrichment of company and client alike. Meanwhile, there probably will be a strong growth in what Chairman Ammidon calls "the managing of money so that its owners will be free to turn their full attention to their own businesses." Not only will troubled markets and tighter tax laws make it harder for the amateur investor to turn a profit, but many...
...whale backing into the world tail first-14 feet long, weighing a ton, ready to swim. Nursing for two years on mother's milk, the little leviathan will gain seven pounds a day. Sexual maturity will arrive at the age of nine, but he will not reach full growth until he is 30 to 45. Then he may be as much as 60 feet long and 60 tons in weight. He will be able to cruise at six knots; in a panic he can do 20. When he is hungry, he will dive for as long...