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...that people close to Pompidou deduced from the situation was that De Gaulle in tended to remain around a while longer. There is now speculation in Paris that De Gaulle's wife Yvonne insists that he must step down late next year, when he will be 79. That would leave three years of his present seven-year term unexpired...
Even with Container Corp. in its fold (and combined revenues of $2.36 billion for last year), Montgomery Ward would still rank third in its field, well behind Sears, Roebuck and a bit below J.C. Penney. In his seven-year struggle to revitalize Wards, Tom Brooker has unabashedly borrowed many tactics from Sears, where he rose to a vice presidency for manufacturing before leaving in 1958 to head appliance-making Whirlpool Corp. He closed marginal outlets, invested much of Wards' pile of idle cash in big new suburban stores, revamped sagging catalog sales, upgraded merchandise lines, established long-term contracts...
...boredom has always been underrated as a revolutionary force. Paris was no longer the most richly alive city in Europe. Looking beneath the glittering surface of Gaullist France as long as two years ago, Yale Professor Henri Peyre, an astute France-watcher, sensed that the French, after "a prolonged seven-year itch," were "feeling nostalgic for some turbulence...
...taken the plight of Borobudur to the United Nations, arguing that a "monument to all mankind" is at stake. After a searching survey, UNESCO's Bernard Groslier, conservator of Angkor Wat, and Dutch Hydrologist Caesar Voute have now agreed, and next month will recommend a $3,000,000, seven-year restoration program. Indonesians see prompt UNESCO aid as their only hope. "The balance now is precarious," warns one Indonesian archaeologist. "The walls of Borobudur could fall down today, and they could fall down in 20 years. We can't predict...
...began two years ago when Dowling and his directors, anxious for higher performance in the sales and profit column, hired George T. Scharffenberger to replace Dowling, now 72 and company chairman, as president. Scharffenberger already knew the role: he was hired away from a seven-year career at Litton, where he had worked up to senior vice president, handled the company's big defense business. Intrigued by the possibilities of an "asset-rich, earnings-poor company," Scharffenberger moved East and, with a few other West Coast recruits, laid plans for diversification...