Word: regained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after four years of Republican rule under Rockefeller, "the old country school teacher" is attempting to regain the position he held for a record 12 years, from...
...Beitz is unlikely to regain direct management control from the man who is largely responsible for Krupp's resurgence: Chief Executive Gunter Vogelsang, 50. Vogelsang (his name means "bird song" in German), who comes from a family of Rhineland managers, is an icily efficient financial specialist with the sturdy build and wavy hair of an idealized halfback. He learned much of his management technique in two lengthy tours of the U.S., during which he visited IBM, National Cash Register, Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel and other firms. A publicity-shy man with few outside interests, he regularly puts...
...months ago, bankers for the impecunious company demanded that Ling be dumped as chairman and chief executive. In a face-saving gesture, he was permitted to remain as president. Now, after unsuccessfully maneuvering to regain power, Ling has agreed to step down to vice chairman, and he admits "I am no longer to be an active participant in the management of the company." Ling still owns $6,000,000 worth of LTV stock, but all of it is pledged to banks against loans. His $2.5 million house, a smaller Versailles set in Dallas, is reportedly for sale...
Obscene Calls. Company officers have long been aware of their customers' ire. President W. Parker Sullivan has regularly switched his telephone number to avoid complaints. To regain its users' confidence, Sullivan decided that it was time to advertise his firm's efforts at improvement. Another consideration: in May, the company applied to the state's Public Utilities Commission for a 40% rate increase, which would increase gross revenues by $66 million a year...
...jump-ing-off point." So far, however, only small commando raids have been launched. Heavily outgunned (10 to 1), the Israelis are also outmanned. A lone Israeli division faces an Egyptian force perhaps ten times larger, yet so far has dissuaded Nasser from attempting a drive across Suez to regain a foothold on the Sinai Peninsula. Says Bar-Lev: "I think they will get tired before we will...