Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...economist named Dupont, General Motors, and General Electric as examples of the modern "soulful" corporation. Among the attributes that characterize all such companies, Kaysen noted the size and dominance of the firm, capacity for large-scale growth, and the relative absence of ownership interest...
When lecturers and instructors lambast "big business," the "Republican Old Guard," the Secretary of the Treasury, a balanced budget, the gold standard, Government economy, inheritance laws, and private ownership of certain means of transportation and media of communication, many students undoubtedly wonder why they are in the course. Certainly many Government concentrators wonder why they are required to take the course. When one of the lecturers declares that "this course will give you the answers to those questions" (concerning the proper role of Government), one wonders whether any course at Harvard is designed to "give answers." Rather, he thinks...
Under this benign rain, Uchinada's population jumped to more than 6,500; slate roofs replaced thatch, and radio ownership almost doubled. In such circumstances it was hard to resent the 28 Americans stationed at the firing range, particularly since they committed no rapes, imported no "pompom" girls and even cheerfully helped clear the roads when it snowed...
NICARO NICKEL PLANT, controversial U.S. Government operation in Cuba, is going up for sale this year. If General Services Administration can find buyer, $100 million project will fall under private ownership for first time. Charges of favoritism in awarding Nicaro expansion contracts helped force resignation of GSA Administrator Edmund Mansure last year (TIME...
...imperialist plots," the Dictator of the Nile announced the "Egyptianization" of all British and French banks and insurance companies in the country. All other foreign banks and companies, including the U.S.-owned First National City Bank branch in Cairo, were given five years to Egyptianize, i.e., turn over all ownership and operation to native-born Egyptian citizens...