Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nine months, Joxe consistently maintained a leisurely manner. Unlike many French diplomats, he believes in frankness, is fond of quoting Aristide Briand's axiom: "When circumstances are really important, one must say the same thing to everybody." He refused to give way on the key issues: continued French ownership of Sahara oil and stringent guarantees for Algeria's European minority. The first round of talks broke up last June after only three weeks; a second conference, in July, foundered after only eight days. When the Algerians cried that "the debate has become useless and aimless," Joxe declared...
...there is another, and more significant flaw in Ardrey's thesis. It must be clear to any careful observer that we are, in the words of Piel, editor of the Scientific American approaching a "propertyless" society. "The ownership of property," observed Piel, "is no longer the primary source of power, even economic power in our society. . . ." He goes on to note how modern consumers mortgage their homes, buy their cars on time and rent a good deal of what they need. He concludes that "the typical consumer owns no property in the classical meaning of the term...
Last week, ending a long debate within the Administration, President Kennedy produced his own middle-road proposal. The President's plan endorsed the principle of private ownership but suggested a form of private ownership that would be restricted and somewhat unrewarding...
...will relay telephone and TV signals to the remotest corners of the world. Both in Congress and the communications industry the burning question is: Who will own the satellites? Rising to champion private industry, Oklahoma's Democratic Senator Robert S. Kerr has introduced a bill that would give ownership to a consortium of established U.S. communications companies, presumably led by such titans as A.T. & T. and RCA. In the House, New York Democrat William Fitts Ryan has introduced a bill calling for the creation of a TVA in space...
...purchases by small investors. Meanwhile, the stock of Ford's archrival, General Motors, has been selling briskly at around $55. Since the automakers reckon that a shareholder is likely to buy the car made by the company in which he has invested, Ford was understandably anxious to widen ownership of its stock...