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...over agree about the urgent needs of Latin America's economy, but the foreign investor's recent tendency has been to reduce rather than increase his commitment there. To speed the southward flow of capital and induce more wealthy Europeans and Japanese to help out, a blue-ribbon group of 100 free-world businessmen met in Paris to launch a development corporation for Latin America that is both private and multinational...
...overlooking the harbor, politics can be as rough as in Chicago. Handsome, greying Gaston Defferre plays rough when necessary but is mostly interested in results. During his ten years as mayor, Marseille, France's second largest city (pop. 778,000), has balanced its budget, won the national blue ribbon for housing construction, and set up long-range city planning that may become a national model...
...Third Republic, Pierre-Maurice Rou-vier, casually made his mistress' husband a Legionnaire because "of the special services rendered to me by his wife." Once when he was having bad luck fishing, legend has it, Author Henri Murger (La Vie de Boheme) baited his hook with his scarlet ribbon and said: "Now they are sure to bite. This is something everyone likes...
...charge of manufacturing, Burnham played the key role in a new automation program, systematically changed Westinghouse from a "job shop" type of operation to the latest assembly-line methods, which saved the company millions. On one occasion he whimsically presented an ancient drill press with a 50-year service ribbon before junking it. When he took over the industrial-products division, he launched a study to determine how to make every product more cheaply and simply. His division soon became one of the company's most profitable...
Across no man's land comes the sound of Silent Night-"Stille nacht, heilige nacht. . ." The Germans toss over a boot containing a sprig of evergreen tied with red ribbon, a package of cigarettes, a piece of sausage. The Tommies toss back a Christmas pudding. Then, as the Tommies grab for their rifles, German soldiers appear at the back of the stage. They have a bottle of schnapps. The rifles go down. Everybody drinks. Up in the light bulbs it says: ONE HALF OF BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WIPED...