Word: levering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...point, more simply, is that Harvard should stop pretending that the situation is under control and start thinking about using its influence responsibly. While the University does not own anything like a controlling interest in Middle South, it is one of the larger and more prestigious institutional investors. That lever-combined with Bennett's seat on the Middle South board-should give Harvard the influence it needs to make its involvement with Middle South something to be proud of, rather than another case of taint by association...
...grave," Mrs. Meir buried her face in her hands and wept. Then she dried her tears and in a firm voice urged: "Let us turn the sorrow and rage into a mighty force, real and moral. Let our anguish cry out to the world, and our rage be a lever for action to eliminate the possibility of such acts...
Hurried Calls. As the week progressed, Israel's lever of rage pivoted to the north and west. In a statement directed at the Beirut government to the north, Israel protested that Arab guerrillas based in Lebanon had carried out two dozen acts of violence in a recent two-week period. Unless the terrorism and incursions were stopped, warned the Israelis, Lebanon would suffer. To emphasize the point, an Israeli patrol crossed the border, blew up five abandoned houses, and warned Lebanese villagers in Arabic that worse would follow if guerrilla raids continued. Beirut protested that most of the incidents...
...broke with professional tradition by merging his own firm with Ogden in 1968, the still unnamed Chicago venture is the pinnacle of a second career. Though trained as an architect (University of Illinois, '31), he became a soap salesman during the Depression and rose to be president of Lever Bros, at 37. He left the company in 1950 after a policy fight and turned to practicing architecture. Many architects struggle ineffectually to influence decisions that determine the surroundings of buildings and the shape of whole neighborhoods or cities. In Chicago, Luckman has reached that coveted goal...
...soapmakers-P & G, Colgate and Lever-vigorously deny that there is a health hazard and produce a barrage of statistical evidence. P & G pretested the effects of enzymes on the skin by applying patches smeared with detergent solution to more than 20 random groups of from 60 to 100 volunteers. The patches were applied three times a week for three weeks, and there was not a single case of skin irritation. Executives also say that they have all but eliminated enzyme dust in packaged goods. Just to keep the record clean, however, the soapmakers say that they intend...