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When Alexander Dubček was sent off to Ankara two months ago as Czechoslovakia's Ambassador to Turkey, it appeared that he had been saved from the full wrath of the Communist Party's ultraconservatives. The "ultras" wanted to try Dubček, hero of the liberalizing...
But we need to purge male chauvinism, both in behavior and in thought among us. Chick equals nigger equals queer.
Overall, Husák's position appears to have been considerably weakened. The purge affected many "realists" who, like Husák, initially supported Dubček but quickly adjusted to the Soviet occupation. Ultras, who recently took control of the party organization in Prague, moved into positions of...
The six-month struggle by Chicago's Northwest Industries to take over the B.F. Goodrich Co. has long since won wide recognition as a classic display of corporate attack and counterattack. The aftermath of Northwest's unsuccessful campaign, which ended last summer, is becoming a textbook case in...
The purge is a result of last spring's attempted takeover of Goodrich by Ben Heineman's Chicago-based Northwest Industries. Goodrich waged a successful defense [TIME, May 23] that has become a classic in corporate tactics. But Northwest emerged as the largest single stockholder, with 16% of...