Word: merger
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...days when the University completely ignored the center. Yet except for the lady passer-by who needs directions, no woman ventures into Dudley, except for special social occasions. A more utilized privilege is the liquor permit at dances, one of the main arguments used against Dudley's long-delayed merger with the inter house dance committee...
...TEXTILE MERGER between Textron Inc., American Woolen and Robbins Mills (TIME, Aug. 16) has finally been approved by the directors of the three companies. Textron will be the surviving company, but will change its name to Textron American Inc. American Woolen stockholders will exchange their preferred stock for Textron bonds and their common for Textron common at the rate of one share of American for two of Textron. Robbins stockholders will exchange one share of common for one share of Textron common...
...RAILROAD MERGER between the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway will result in the South's second biggest road (5,780 miles of track), just behind the Southern Railway. Reason for the merger: competition from trucks, buses, and planes has cut the roads' revenues...
Before the new building was constructed we never could have even imagined such a vast project," Rollins said. Another tentative iron in the fire made possible by the merger is the proposal for the Horbarium to join forces with an international botanical association for work on a definitive Plant Encyclopedia. A project like this, according to Rollins, may take 20 years...
...Thus the merger in the new and functional building has brought together the long-famed Harvard collections so that forthcoming projects may soon place the University ahead of its every rival in botanical research. Its reputation in the Western Hemisphere may quickly extend around the globe...