Word: says
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this is truly, as you say, "what's happening," then I'm dropping...
...campaign to "let 100 flowers bloom," uncovered so much resentment that repression was reinstituted almost immediately. Ho, however, was never blamed for repression: skillfully, he divorced himself in the public mind from that harsh entity known as government. As British Journalist James Cameron put it, the people seemed to say: "This or that is a damn nuisance, the government is pushing us around again. But Uncle Ho says it is all right, so we suppose it must...
...Teddy Kennedy has been treated by the press was given particular attention in the survey. By a ratio of more than five to one, Americans agree that newspapers and newsmagazines have given Kennedy fair treatment; seven to one they say television has. The approbation is qualified however: fewer than one out of three will go so far as to say the media in general have been "very fair" in their Kennedy coverage. Not surprisingly, Harris found that the groups that generally support Kennedy -youth, Easterners, blacks and women -are more critical of the press; those who do not-the elderly...
...week the Willot brothers capped their purchases with Bon Marché, France's oldest department store chain, which has 13 outlets with yearly sales of about $80 million. The Willots' offer was $46 million for a 50% interest and control over management. Through the department stores, they say, "we will get closer to the consumer...
Once in charge, the Willots ruthlessly fire superfluous personnel, especially general directors, executives and family retainers. "The first cost to eliminate is the cost of management," they like to say. Then the Willots set production and sales goals for the next six months: unless they are met, the company is usually closed. Even then, such by-products of the acquisition as sumptuous Paris headquarters and storage facilities may still make their investment worthwhile...