Word: mutuals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That same big book defines astrollemy as the science that treats of the celestial bodies, of their positions, magnitudes, motions, distances, constitution, physical condition, mutual relations, history, and destiny." Now although astrologers and astronomers have throughout the centuries been gathering similar types of date, it is somewhat sage to say that they have done so for somewhat different reasons. And while the astronomers using the space telescope will hardly reject any astronomical knowledge of the influences of the stars on human affairs and terrestrial events some interesting idea circulating among astronomers at the present time states that a companion star...
...these segments the militarists prior to Pearl Harbor are depicted as deceptive, conniving scoundrels. NHK executives have even produced a pamphlet that outlines the changes made in the book's original story line, ones that improve the American image. The television version, they say, will enhance mutual understanding: instead of just dealing with unfortunate experiences, it will also show American good will and humane treatment of Japanese Americans. Says NHK Drama Director Ryo Okino: "Many of those who are protesting are doing so on the basis of the book, but we have made many changes. Their anxieties will evaporate...
...series of dramatic acquisitions. After buying Shearson in 1981 for $930 million, it purchased part of the international banking operations of the Geneva-based Trade Development Bank Holding in 1983 for about $550 million and paid more than $700 million earlier this year for Investors Diversified Services, a mutual fund and insurance firm with headquarters in Minneapolis. However, some of its acquisitions have proved troublesome. Profits from Fireman's Fund Insurance, which was purchased for nearly $500 million in 1968, fell 88% in 1983, to $30 million...
...mile they jog and every lap they swim. Control Data, the computer manufacturer, and Reader's Digest have community gardens on company grounds where employees can grow their own vegetables. And, yes, there is a free lunch, at least for all workers at the Morgan Bank and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance...
...authors did not rank their 100 best companies, but they did choose a Top Ten. In alphabetical order, they are Bell Laboratories, Trammell Crow, Delta Air Lines, Goldman Sachs, Hallmark Cards, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Northwestern Mutual Life, Pitney Bowes and Time...