Word: robison
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ALAN ROBISON Nashville, Tenn...
...further discrediting evidence, the defense introduced a paperback book found on Daniels' body, Meyer Levin's The Fanatic. And as a clincher, Defense Attorney Vaughan Hill Robison waved the dead seminarian's maroon undershorts in the courtroom: they looked red and, he said, "smell of urine." The operator of the Cash Store, handsome, fortyish Mrs. Virginia Varner, was called; the defense brought out that there is a beauty shop in the back of the store and, as Robison put it, "The operators there are womenfolk just like yourself...
...soloists carried off the few solos in the oratorio excellently. The women, Junetta Jones and Janet Winburn, sopranos, and Betty Lou Austin, alto, had strong, vibrant voices. The men, all from the Glee Club, equalled them: Robert McKelvey, Clayne Robison, basses, made "The Lord is a Man of War" very convincing; Ivor Francis, tenor, was weak in his upper register, but contributed fluid recitatives and good airs. The orchestra was fine but not overly distinguished...
...Many of our problems are of our own making," admits articulate James Robison, 46, president of Indian Head Mills. Partly because most textile firms are too small and partly out of shortsightedness, the industry spends only one-tenth of 1% of its sales on research. By contrast, the enterprising chemical makers invest 6% of their sales on research-and have reaped billion-dollar dividends with the synthetics and plastics that are rapidly slicing away textile markets...
...whole Government cotton program is an abomination," snorts Indian Head's Robison. "It is completely ineffective and outrageously expensive. It is a deterrent to economic growth and an obstacle in reaching the goal of increased productivity of the nation." It has also cost the U.S. its leadership in world cotton. Since rigid controls began in 1933, U.S. output has remained fairly stable at 14 million bales, while foreign production has grown from 14 million bales to 30 million. Textile makers also complain that the quality of U.S. cotton has deteriorated because the U.S. stands ready to buy whatever...