Word: norrisism
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"Win-Win? Tell It to the Losers," Floyd Norris at NYTimes.com [Subscription required] "Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University and a co-chairman of the World Economic Forum, asserts that globalization will not be derailed. 'The tide of history continues to move toward more market organization,' he told...
During his long and often innovative business career, William Norris, founder and chairman of Control Data, has gained a controversial reputation. To admirers he is the visionary who created a company that built the first supercomputers and quickly grew into a major force in the data-processing industry. To critics...
Last week Norris, 74, decided it was finally time to step aside. At a board meeting at the firm's headquarters in suburban Minneapolis, he announced his retirement from the company he formed in 1957 and has since dominated. He was succeeded as chairman by Robert Price, 55, Control Data...
Control Data's profits have been dampened over the years by Norris' enthusiasm for social causes and experimental projects. He has committed the company to ventures that range from the development of wind-powered generators to an effort to revitalize urban neighborhoods. Says Gary Blauer, an analyst with Dain Bosworth...
For 17 pro seasons as an assistant coach, starting with the newborn Boston Patriots in 1960, Red Miller dreamed of his moment. He never dreamed it would last but a moment. In his careful, defensive way, the 49-year-old "rookie" head coach squired the Broncos to the Super Bowl...