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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...best woman politician I've seen," said a Texas Republican last week of Anne Legendre Armstrong. "She's sugar and steel." Gerald Ford, who will announce her appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Britain this week, plainly agrees. Those who knew her as co-chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1972 or as a Cabinet-rank White House counselor during the Nixon Administration were equally extravagant in their notices. At once tough, gracious and articulate, Mrs. Armstrong is one of Ford's more distinguished appointments. The only shadow of criticism is that she doggedly defended Richard Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Sugar and Steel | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...Teng. China's trade deficit of more than $1 billion in 1974 was significantly reduced last year by cutting back on foreign imports. Meanwhile agricultural policy, as managed by Teng, has produced happy results: there has been a highly creditable 7% annual increase in grain production since 1972. Steel output has also risen by an impressive 10% a year since 1971, while oil output last year was about 25% higher than in 1974. So long as Teng's economic policies prove successful, it will be difficult for radical factions in the party to mount an effective challenge to his leadership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: TOUGH NEW MAN IN PEKING | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...sidelines had strongly re-entered the market. Furthermore, just about all categories of stocks profited from the upsurge. On one day, advancing issues outnumbered declining ones by seven-to-one. Among the big gainers: Du Pont (11% points), General Electric (4 points), Procter & Gamble (5% points) and U.S. Steel (5% points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STOCK MARKET: A Very Bullish Beginning for 1976 | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...also established an office of the chairman last September, but abolished it and returned to a conventional organization when Chairman Robert W. Sarnoff resigned in November. Other firms that in recent years have experimented with executive offices of three or more officials are Honeywell, Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., Armco Steel and Associated Dry Goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Group Think | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...state-owned British Airways is Sir Frank Mc-Fadzean, the former chairman of the Shell Transport & Trading Co. Further, the nationalized industries are being encouraged to bring prices in line with production costs; the Electricity Board, a state utility monopoly, has been permitted a 40% rate hike. British Steel Corp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Edging Back from the Brink | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

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