Word: rand
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...RAND McNALLY ATLAS OF THE OCEANS Rand McNally; 208 pages...
Seattle is a city that works-rand works very well -largely because it has a cadre of civic-minded businessmen who have become a kind of separate branch of government, willing to devote time and talent to improving the culture and commonweal. When one of these leaders has an idea, he has little trouble rounding up a dozen others and hammering out a plan of action...
Working wives have an even greater say in the decision, especially if they hold a middle-or high-level job that cannot easily be matched in another city. Rand Corp. Demographer Peter Morrison notes that 41% of all married women in America are now working, nearly double the figure of a generation ago. "As the number of two-paycheck families increases," he says, "it is reasonable to assume that migration rates will continue to decline...
...Afrikaner churches. Roughly half of the country's white ministers, school officials and university rectors are Broederbond members. So are virtually all Cabinet members and at least 75% of National Party members of parliament. The Broederbond's chairman since 1974 has been Gerrit Viljoen, rector of the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg...
...base uncovered as he once again demonstrates his knack for soap history. The old Marxist reveals a genuine enthusiasm for the rugged values of laissez-faire enterprise in his energetic descriptions of Lavette's schemes and deals. Lest one think that this hero escaped from an Ayn Rand novel, appropriate lip service is paid to such issues as war profiteering and the passive wisdom of ancient Chinese philosophy...