Word: majoring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fare feud stems from the rising threat of cut-rate charter flights, which last year carried 14% of the passengers who flew the Atlantic. The only way for the scheduled lines to stall the charters is to reduce their own rates. A major impediment is that many of the state-run European carriers, which dominate the International Air Transport Association, have traditionally argued for higher fares. The U.S. lines have long pressed for reduced rates, figuring that lower fares would attract more customers and ultimately increase profits. But the U.S. lines are a minority within the IATA cartel. Another complicating...
...Perrier desires Genvrain, the largest company in France's inefficient and fragmented dairy industry. The French government heartily approves Perrier's bid, which would both foil any foreign attempt to take over Genvrain and represent a major move toward consolidating France's 3,000 scattered dairy firms. Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing indicates as much in a meeting with the publicity-shy strategist of Perrier's expansion, President Gustave Leven. Perrier makes a generous proposal for Genvrain: $56 a share for stock that was selling for $45 on the Bourse. Genvrain would...
...Perrier, and resells them in equal amounts to Perrier and Bel. Then, in a burst of amiability, the principals agree to share Genvrain. The agreement serves the government's purpose of keeping France's dairy industry free from foreign control, but represents rather less than a major gain for efficiency. The terms of the formula, originally proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture, were divulged last week: Perrier and Bel will each own at least 25.5% of Genvrain, and the Crédit Agricole will own 15%, with all sharing operating control. It is an arrangement that the French...
...major services of the organization now is counseling, discussing with clients proper birth control methods, including sterilization, and the possibility of therapeutic abortion for those "unhappily pregnant." Because of the 1966 bill legalizing contraceptive care and prescriptions for married persons, the organization can now refer clients to doctors who will give them prescriptions for the pill...
...will take a major reversal of form and performance to dethrone the Crimson, but if a drastic Harvard collapse occurs, there will be a fight between Princeton and Pennsylvania for the top spot. Both squads have talented competitors that gave Harvard trouble last month and either may finish the individual champion. No other team has sufficient depth to be a realistic contender...