Word: ibm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...office he has replaced quill pens with IBM machines, and instead of being three years behind in its work, it is now only a month behind. He changed the rules so that fishermen can now get a license by producing only an identity card instead of a good-conduct certificate, a notarized proof of signature and a police reference showing no penal record. Between helicopter swoops on unsuspecting offices all over Italy, Medici proclaimed his goal: "Democracy will become a reality only when any citizen can write to any state functionary with the certainty of receiving a clear, quick, satisfactory...
...Among them: Alcoa's I. W. Wilson, Armco Steel's R. L. Gray, Armour's F. W. Specht, Crucible Steel's Joel Hunter, Firestone's Raymond C. Firestone, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr., Motorola's Robert W. Galvin, Radio Corp. of America's John L. Burns, Tidewater Oil's D. T. Staples, Westinghouse's Gwilym A. Price...
Thomas J. Watson Jr., president of IBM LL.D...
Then there is a third type of student, who is immediately inhibited by grades, courses and the other IBM-directed trivia of Harvard education. He wants to study some problem deeply, but does not because he feels he must make high marks in all courses, for the sake of the Scholarship Committee, or for a graduate school, or for his parents...
There were many reasons for the successful sale. IBM's revenues have zoomed 400% in the past ten years, accelerating faster than the sales of its top competitors, Burroughs Corp. and National Cash Register Co. Sales and rentals for the first quarter of 1957 hit $215.7 million v. $155.5 million in January-March of 1956. Wall Street brokers expect IBM's gross income to jump 25% a year for the next five years, as U.S. industry steps up automation, notably in the office, where clerical workers are becoming scarce and more costly...