Word: ince
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reagans live comparatively simply in their five-bedroom house in the Pacific Palisades, a section of Los Angeles. Infrequently, they entertain such old friends as Tuttle, Dart Industries Chairman Justin Dart, Los Angeles Lawyer William French Smith and former Aide Edward Meese, now a vice president of Rohr Industries Inc...
...attempts against his own life. With no more hard evidence than anyone else, Lyndon Johnson thought that Kennedy had been a victim of a Communist plot. "When I took office," Johnson told TIME Correspondent Leo Janos in June 1971, "I discovered that we had been operating a goddamn Murder Inc. in the Caribbean. I never believed that Oswald acted alone, although I can accept that he was the one who pulled the trigger...
...wound down. In 1970, when United earned a $45.5 million profit on sales of $2.4 billion, 53% of its business came from Washington. By 1974, the Hartford, Conn.-based company had reduced that to a third of $3.3 billion annual sales. One reason: it acquired Essex International, Inc., a major producer of electromechanical wire. That move gave United a foothold in both the auto and construction industries and was largely responsible for lifting profits last year to $104.7 million, from $58.1 million in 1973. Still, United was determined to diversify further in order to reduce Government business...
Doris Kearns, associate professor of Government, yesterday denied published reports that the suit surrounding the publication of her book about Lyndon Johnson has been settled in favor of Harper and Row, Inc...
...career began in 1948 with the parent corporation's National Broadcasting Co. subsidiary. He became head of NBC in 1955 and was elevated to the presidency of RCA in 1966. Shortly after, he started RCA on an ambitious diversification effort. His main acquisitions: Hertz Corp., Random House Inc., Cushman & Wakefield Inc. (real estate) and Coronet Industries Inc. (a carpet and furniture manufacturer). A majority of RCA's board backed Sarnoff throughout his acquisition program, and even last week directors did not criticize his management-but they thought his pay was high enough...