Word: savvyness
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NASA's abundant cash, distributed by its politically savvy chief, James E. Webb, may keep the moon project in funds in spite of its threatened loss of appeal as a U.S. v. Russia horse race. But when space officials put aside their worries about getting money out of Congress...
Died. Eric Allen Johnston, 66, dynamic apostle of a "new capitalism" as the four-time (1942-46) president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, savvy adviser and special envoy (to Latin America, Russia, the Middle East) for three U.S. Presidents, since 1945 Hollywood's unflagging champion as head of...
The SEC found that some funds deliberately seek salesmen with little or no savvy in the securities business, recruit a large number in the armed forces to sell to buddies or subordinates, and have their salesmen play to the "fear, pride and patriotism" of prospective buyers. One brokerage firm that...
The Brothers Four. The U.S. is deeply committed to hold South Viet Nam against the Chinese-backed Viet Cong guerrillas, because?according to the old "falling domino theory"?Laos and Cambodia would be outflanked, Thailand caught in a vise, and the Malay Peninsula severely threatened if South Viet Nam...
A vice president of Prudential Insurance Co. of America before he joined the New Frontier, Day brought big business savvy to big government. He launched Accelerated Business Collection-Delivery (ABCD), a service in which letters mailed in any of 273 cities by 11 a.m. are delivered to any point in...