Word: moved
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Humphrey refused, of course, primarily because the U.N. job would not have permitted him the necessary latitude to criticize the incumbent's policies. When the Vice President decided to take leave of government entirely, Nixon called on his own experience to make the move a bit easier. Remembering his dejection at having to travel back to California aboard a commercial aircraft in 1960, the President arranged for Humphrey and his wife to arrive in Minnesota aboard a presidential 707 Air Force jet-a bigger plane than he normally commanded as Vice President...
...least four regular and so far uncommitted Communist divisions-most of the week's ground probes were carried out by local forces and guerrillas-were reported on the move in III Corps, the vital eleven provinces that surround Saigon. An attempt at the capital itself was not ruled out, and the allies responded by tightening defensive cordons around the city, by now a veritable fortress...
...Department trustbuster, Richard McLaren, announced that he will move to stop conglomerate mergers between large companies. McLaren argued that such mergers tend to reduce competition and aggravate inflation...
...deal?and an $18 million profit?but Armour Chairman William Wood Prince tried a squeeze play to drive the price down to $50. His method was ingenious. Armour made a public offer to repurchase 20% of its own outstanding shares at $50 each. If successful, the move would have increased Bluhdorn's stake in Armour from 9.8% to 12½%, thus making Gulf & Western an "insider"* under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission?and insiders are barred from pocketing short-term profits in their company's shares...
...year in office, Glimp will attend regular weekly meetings. The School Committee has jurisdiction over the financial affairs of the School Department. According to Gordon Seavey, editor of the Belmont Citizen, the committee's principal concern at present is the construction program. When it moves on to other problems, Seavey think Glimp's presence will help it move in a progressive direction...