Word: partnered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quietly and cautiously, the Spanish government set about looking for a partner-preferably a U.S. firm that could bring in both capital and technical know-how. In March 1965, bids were solicited from some 30 companies, including British, German and Japanese. Each competitor sought out representatives in Madrid with the best contacts and noblest titles that could be found...
Throughout the negotiations, the venture had been discussed as a joint Spanish-American undertaking, with 45% going to the U.S. partner. But last March, when Madrid decided to strengthen its bid for a link with the Common Market, it seemed a good idea for Spain to show itself as Europe-oriented by offering Common Market companies a piece of the Sahara bonanza. That piece, of course, was to come out of the American share. I.M.C. was first to guess what was going on. Boldly, it lowered its demand for 45% participation...
I.M.C. is a small outfit ($299 million net sales in 1966) compared to some of its competitors in Madrid, but it offered the most experienced fertilizer-producing and marketing network that was available. The firm has mined phosphates in Florida since the early 1900s, is a partner in a phosphate mine in Senegal, West Africa, has a large share of a $70 million Indian phosphate-fertilizer plant scheduled to begin production this summer. And, I.M.C. pointedly is building the world's largest phosphoric-acid plant in Antwerp. Combined with the company's other processing plants around the world...
...Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. (later TWA), to become a consultant. Stock options made him a millionaire almost overnight. The Minnesota farm boy and barnstorming pilot moved more and more in the ambiance of the very rich. Among them he found his wife-Anne Morrow, daughter of ex-Morgan Partner Dwight Morrow, who was then ambassador to Mexico, where Lindbergh had been sent on a good-will mission...
...life a mistake?" Indeed it is, at least in this film. Three fun-burned Miami boys and a girl in search of the beach goddess, Kicks, decide to kidnap a wealthy racketeer (Anthony Quinn). As it happens, Quinn is unredeemable. Desperate phone calls reveal that his wife and partner are cuckolding him ("For $200,000 you can keep the son of a bitch," she snarls). His Mafia associates refuse to extend their black hand; even his mother would rather help him with warm advice than cold cash...