Word: shifts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...muscle-bound operations, gave wide responsibilities to men in the field. He mapped out staff duties clearly, set up a system of written reports and regular executive meetings (with prepared agenda to save time). Shortly after he took over, he decided that packaging was undergoing a major shift from cans to other materials, acquired more than a dozen firms in glass, plastic and paper products to protect Continental's flank. He spent heavily on research to develop new products, e.g., plastic bottles. The Government has not always approved, filed an antitrust suit to force...
Norway and Holland were largely interested in solving import-export problems, and used the new system along with their national income accounts to see what effect a shift in the trade balance would have on industry. Several South American nations, including Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Equador are also using Leontief's device. Great Britain has employed it for several years...
Demand for the new models is strong. One big factor is the powerful sales appeal of the compact cars, which account for 25% of total 1960 models produced so far. The orders are pouring in so fast that Ford last week made plans to shift over its Metuchen (N.J.) Mercury plant to produce Ford's Falcon and the new Comet, scheduled to make its appearance next spring. Ford will not cut back on Mercury -other Mercury plants will take up the slack. It just needs a third production facility to turn out all the compacts the U.S. public apparently...
...mill gates. Coming in the role of peacemaker in March, Governor Luther H. Hodges, himself a onetime textile executive, helped to achieve a settlement, publicly accused Cooper of "misleading" him when the settlement blew up. In May, behind the bayonets of 300 National Guardsmen, the mills resumed three-shift production, with fewer than 100 union members at work...
Chain-drinking vodka-and-soda at the Hotel Gloria Bar, the fugitive reflected on his happy life. "I like people, particularly the Brazilians," he said. "They're about as sweet, tender and kind a group of people as you could ever find." He pointed to his night-shift bodyguard, Alvaro Fernández, a police plainclothesman by day. "Alvaro here and a lot of friends in the police are taking care of me on their days off. I have a lot of friends...