Word: risks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle, which was bannered in advance by the French press. In the event, however, Nixon delivered only a watered-down edition of the speech. The overblown first version seemed to negate Nixon's carefully cultivated neutrality in intra-European affairs; by awkwardly retracting it, he ran the opposite risk of offending De Gaulle and the French. He saved the situation somewhat by praising De Gaulle warmly in a subsequent toast...
...wants to double the size of his volunteer staff to 100 lawyers this year. "There are still plenty of people being victimized for every one we help." But the weekend lawyers are at least beginning to fight back against those who once took advantage of the poor without risk of either exposure or interference...
...earnings tend to be modest. Railroads, insurance firms and public utilities are also at the bottom end of the ladder, largely because they are heavily regulated by Government, which limits profits. In addition, companies in the low-paying industries often favor a committee form of decision making that minimizes risk and personal initiative. They tend to promote from within; security and seniority are highly regarded. By contrast, industries that seek executives from the outside are characterized by the job jumping that bids up prices...
...Risk Is the Key. No matter how high they rise, the hired employees of corporations rarely earn as much as owners, partners or other entrepreneurs, who get a payoff for personal risk. Apart from top management, lawyers are the best-rewarded corporate employees, averaging about $29,000 in high legal-department positions. But lawyers in private practice have no ceilings, and incomes of $50,000 for younger partners in leading firms are fairly common...
...York Telephone is waging what one official describes as "constant guerrilla warfare" to outguess the vandals and thieves. The company has begun to introduce stronger coin boxes and armored cables on pay phones. To reduce privacy, some telephone booths are gradually being replaced by open telephone stands in high-risk areas. Last month the company started sending out a "flying squad," whose 102 members patrol by foot, motor scooter, truck and station wagon to track down out-of-order coin phones. It used to take an average of four days to spot a broken phone; now the company claims that...