Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past few years. Aetna, a giant in the group, raised earnings per share from $1.90 in 1975 to $7.76 in 1977, and is likely to clear $8 this year. President William O. Bailey readily admits that Aetna's rates will jump ever more sharply for people who suffer accidents or losses...
With one divorce for every two marriages in the U.S. these days, it might be expected that the breakup rate among top executives, who suffer special strains of heavy travel, unremitting tension and inescapable responsibility, would be extraordinarily high. Not so. Town & Country magazine surveyed the chairmen and presidents of the nation's 100 largest manufacturing companies-179 men in all -and found that 95% of them are still married to their first wives. The wives of a few of the others died, so the divorce rate at the top is even lower than 5%. The plump paychecks...
Highly intelligent and with a generous share of ego, Brzezinski does not suffer fools easily. He gives the impression he does not think there are many people around with better ideas than he has - except for one notable exception: Carter. Asked from whom Brzezinski seeks counsel, one aide replied: "He listens to the President...
More than a third of the people in the world suffer from serious malnutrition. In 36 countries, income averages less than $265 per person per year; in another 34, less than...
...reclassification job will last longer than three days, the reclassified workers will be selected on the basis of seniority, and if the work will exceed 15 days, the worker will have the choice of asking for a layoff or working on the reassignment. A reclassified worker does not suffer any loss in pay, and if the reclassified job pays more, he will receive the greater salary. "We've defined the parameters of the policy," Powers said...