Word: herman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Billy Budd. An exciting and disturbing study of good and evil, based on Herman Melville's moralistic novel; Peter Ustinov directed the picture with style, and plays one of the principal roles with skill...
Brown & Root-whose founder and president, Herman Brown, died last month-is one of the world's largest construction companies. Its building crews are responsible for dozens of the burgeoning brood of refineries and petrochemical plants that have sprung up in the South and Southwest, also handled the reconstruction of Guam after World War II. Recently, Brown & Root snagged the prestigious $40 million Mohole contract to drill through the earth's crust, and it has just started construction of NASA's $90 million Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston. Its average yearly business: $300 million...
Meaders has yet to work out a final sales price with George Brown, Herman's brother and successor as head of the family. But once terms are agreed upon, Halliburton will acquire the 95% of Brown & Root's stock now held by the Brown Foundation, a tax-and-charity arrangement. For the Brown family, the sale has double appeal: the Brown Foundation will be able to diversify its investments, and George Brown will stay on as president of Brown & Root. For Halliburton, the purchase is primarily a way of hedging its bets. Said Halliburton Vice President John Harbin...
Billy Budd. Herman Melville's didactic tale has been transformed by Peter Ustinov-who directed the picture, helped write the script, and plays one of the leading roles-into a vividly affecting film...
Billy Budd. Herman Melville's didactic tale has been transformed by Peter Ustinov-who directed the picture, helped write the script, and plays one of the leading roles-into a vividly affecting film...