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Word: lanta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most companies, massive reorganization, a complete change of direction and a tough new boss at the top almost invariably mean that a lot of people lose their jobs. In the past year, At lanta's Scripto Inc., the world's third largest maker of writing instruments (1964 sales: $25 million), has under gone all three changes - without the firing of a single key executive. The man who did the trick is Scripto's new president, Carl N. Singer, 48, a ruddy-faced Bostonian who has revitalized once ailing Scripto since he went South in 1964. Last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Blacker Ink at Scripto Inc. | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...Allen's prediction of his winning percentage come close to true by handing him 70% of the vote-53,187 to Smith's 21,153. And despite Smith's civil rights grandstanding, Allen won an overwhelming majority of the Negro vote. The small turnout bothered At lanta's political hierarchy not at all. It was, mused former (for 26 years) Mayor William B. Hartsfield, "indicative of a satisfied citizenry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: Ivan Ho! | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

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