Word: projects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...First Sea Lord, Mountbatten pushed ahead with the "Dreadnought" project to build a fleet of British nuclear submarines. On his new appointment, many Britons would agree with London's Spectator, which last week congratulated the Tory government "on ignoring prejudice, political considerations and pressure from the popular press and [its] own party in appointing the best...
Cordiner's carefully regulated, jam-packed life, relieved occasionally by golf (low 80s) or deep-sea fishing, is the product of a near obsession about time-the "fourth dimension in a corporation-beyond men, money and materials." When a G.E. executive recently suggested a 1963 deadline for a project, Cordiner asked for 1959. Says he: "That way we stand a good chance of getting it by 1961. Otherwise, we might...
...Yard (changing some suites from quads to triples, for example). But what will consume most space is a systematic rehabilitation of Freshman dorms, an entry at a time. "We have high hopes of doing a major job this summer and another next fall," von Stade explained, "although the entire project depends on final approval by the Corporation...
...Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer, respectively. Each of them has one of the most glorious voices of his generation, and each uses it with optimum effect. They are both on stage from beginning to end, though they remain silent for long periods of time. But they know how to project their presence even then, for they are both masters of what Ethel Barrymore has called "perhaps the highest art of an actor--the art of beautiful listening...
WEST GERMAN COMPETITION with U.S. and British firms is growing stiffer in underdeveloped areas. West Germany's latest prize: a $14 million contract to engineer biggest hydroelectric power project in Southeast Asia, a 200,000-kw. job in Malaya's Cameron Highlands...