Word: succeeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drop opened frightening prospects. As Blumenthal stated on TV last week, an endless fall in the dollar's value would destroy any chance that Stage II could succeed; the rise in import prices would overwhelm the most valiant struggles that companies and unions
Iacocca insisted on being given a free hand in running Chrysler's day-to-day affairs, and evidently he will get it. President Eugene Cafiero, who at 52 is only two years younger than Riccardo and was not a strong candidate to succeed him, was made vice chairman and given vaguely defined duties involving planning. Riccardo announced that he will turn over his job as chief executive officer to Iacocca next year and devote most of his energies to Government relations and Chrysler's finances, which he says already occupy "almost 100%" of his time...
...Iacocca's ability will be in how well he can maneuver within the narrow limits imposed by Chrysler's tight financial circumstances. The auto industry has changed dramatically since he introduced the Ford Mustang in 1964: costs are much higher, and so are risks. Whether Iacocca will succeed in turning the company around remains to be seen. But Chrysler is betting a bundle he can do just that...
...awarded a collective medal for a game try. The costumes designed by Liz Perlman were clever to the point of genius. Humpty-Dumpty's even got a round of applause. The players for the most part tried to overcome the weight of the show and even managed to succeed at times. Kitty Kean as Alice captured the innocence and charm of Lewis Carroll's character so well that it was easy to forget she was about three inches taller than half the people on stage. Her strikingly good voice was able to keep up with Levine's complex key changes...
...succeed in this fast-changing, low-margin business, a fellow has to be nimble. Says Jack Neuman, 45, who raises corn, soybeans and hogs in Sangamon County, Ill.: "It used to be that if you had a child who wasn't too bright, you'd say, 'Son, you're going to be a farmer.' Nowadays, if that dumb kid comes along volunteering to farm...