Word: specializes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...described a Rembrandt self-portrait as "a bloody work of genius" and abstract art as "a kind of measles." Last week Sir Gerald pulled off a bloody triumph of his own. Up on the walls of the Royal Academy's galleries were 291 of his works in a special one-man exhibition, the fourth in the academy's history to be given a living artist. Included was a large (60 in. by 50 in.) nude, The Sphinx, which the Royal Academy had banned for 27 years as too shocking...
...angriest running battle for control of a major U.S. movie company reached a climax last week. At a special stockholders' meeting, the management of Hollywood's infirm old lion, Loew's Inc., owners of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, outvoted the forces of Millionaire Canadian Contractor Joseph Tomlinson, Loew's biggest (5%) and unhappiest stockholder. By 3,449,446 ballots to 519,435, shareholders gave President Joseph R. Vogel a solid grip on his board of directors by increasing its membership from 13 to 19. Then they voted in nine management nominees to fill ten empty seats...
...Marseillaise. Direct from Paris via special Air France Constellation came a dazzling list of French business and fashion leaders. As the Thomas Jefferson High School band blared the Marseillaise, out stepped representatives of Paris' haute couture, Pommery champagne and Lanvin perfumes, plus the mayor of Dijon, which, like Dallas, spells its name with a big "D." Later, the emissaries from still more temples of luxury arrived−Chris-tolfe (silver), Baccarat (crystal), Fare (gloves). Altogether, some 120 top French business executives made the pilgrimage along with Cover Girl Marie-Hélène Arnaux, France's answer...
...Memo-Passer. Parkinson offers two reasons for the phenomenon: 1) "An official wants to multiply subordinates, not rivals"; 2) "Officials make work for each other." Is Official A's workload making him miss the commuter's special? He will not split his functions with B, a potential rival. Instead he will create two subordinates, C and D who in a relatively short time will also accrete two subordinates apiece. Although soon seven men will do the work formerly done by one, none will be idle, for "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion...
Author Parkinson is the Darwin of the managerial evolution. Of special interest is his Law of the Decline and Fall of Institutions : "a perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse." Is the tourist awestruck before St. Peter's in Rome? The Popes "lost half their authority while the work was still in progress." The reign of Louis XIV, the "Sun King," began to set shortly after he settled at Versailles. On the shores of Lake Geneva stands the finest mausoleum since the Taj Mahal the Palace of the Nations, which opened...