Word: sanctums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There were some vivid differences, however. Meyers found the Kennedy crew more willing to gossip, to impart tidbits from the inner sanctum, than the Nixon staff. "Though Dick Nixon is always friendly and cheerful with the press, and meets them more often in conferences, there is a curtain of privacy around him when he is not on public display." The difference, he suspects, is the difference between being
...sent back to Venezuela in 1938, made assistant manager in Caracas, then general manager for Venezuela (in 1944, when only 38). There he saw nationalistic feelings developing, changed company policy to make it more sympathetic. For his performance in Venezuela, he was picked for the managing directors' inner sanctum, returned to London in 1947. Put in charge of coordinating the Group's widespread production and exploration, he guided it through the postwar turmoil and rebuilding. In 1957 he took over leadership of the Group...