Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shopkeepers suffered. Britain's Save the Children Fund, which helps needy youngsters in 46 countries, estimated that the strike had cost it $180,000. Britain's newspapers lost nearly $12 million in advertising: two of them, the ailing Daily Sketch and Daily Mail, announced their proposed merger-a long-discussed union doubtless hastened by the strike. Sutton & Sons, a seed company that does its business by mail, puts its daily loss at $24,000. Littlewoods, the huge football-pools outfit, has had to lay off 8,000 of its 12,500-man staff. Few doubt that there will...
Beyond negotiating a better deal with the British, Lockheed's choices are limited. It could switch to General Electric or Pratt & Whitney engines for the TriStar, but that, too, would mean delay and additional expense. The other visible alternatives are a shotgun merger or financial collapse...
Under the non-merger plan, Harvard will integrate the Radcliffe dormitories into the Harvard House system and absorb Radcliffe's finances-and debt-while Radcliffe will retain control of admissions, financial aid, career counseling and the Radcliffe Institute. The President of Radcliffe will become a dean under the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...Most of the advantages of merger can be obtained under the arrangements we propose," states the proposal drafted by the committee composed of the Presidents and members of the governing boards of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges. "At the same time these arrangements avoid the primary drawbacks, in particular, the irrevocable nature of a merger and the loss of flexibility necessary for adjusting to rapidly changing ideas concerning the role of women in the University...
...combat the fear that problems of women might be ignored after the non-merger, the new Dean of Radcliffe will specifically concern herself with women's problems in addition to her normal administrative duties. Mary I. Bunting, the present president of Radcliffe, will be the first dean of Radcliffe for one year, thus, helping to smooth over the transition period with her experience...