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...bosses who hire sons-in-law reap whirlwinds of the like of Daniel E. Hogan Jr., 46. After the marriage, Yaleman Hogan helped Father-in-Law John Bolten sell his small Massachusetts plastics company, start a successful transistor plant, sell that, and then buy into a string of small businesses that range from printing to Latin American Coca-Cola franchises. Their biggest purchase, three years ago, was Lestoil liquid detergent, which was doing well then but shortly afterward was hard hit by the entrance of the giants into the field; sales sagged from $24 to $14 million. Hogan, after first...
...does my heart good to think that my children (ages four and two) may be able to reap the fruits of Dr. Gross's diligence...
...dilemma: let its eager private dealers sell the grain on a "cost-and-freight" basis, under which they will arrange the shipping themselves, and include the cost in the total package. The dealers will take a chance on getting smaller profits if they have to ship American, but can reap fatter profits if they move the grain in foreign bottoms...
...Angeles in 1938. One of the first was to design a new studio for Paramount. In preparation for it, Pereira characteristically learned so much about the movies that he became Paramount's art director?and won a 1942 Oscar for his trick photography in Cecil B. De Mille's Reap the Wild Wind. Later, as a full-fledged producer, he made two successful films for R.K.O...
Nguyen Huong's death caused Buddhist protest demonstrations and hunger strikes all over the country. While the furor over his death rages, Buddhist leaders have ruled out further suicides until they can again reap the full propaganda advantage. Waiting in the wings, however, are three more suicide volunteers, including an aged Buddhist nun. Not intimidated, Diem's sister-in-law, Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu, continued to preach the hard line against the Buddhists. "If they burn 30 women, we will go ahead and clap our hands," said Mme. Nhu. "We cannot be responsible for their madness...