Word: tires
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...equipping of the Suez Canal. No sooner had the agreements been reached than they began to pay off. Representatives of Marriott Corp. arrived to plan a 700-room hotel that Marriott will operate for the Egyptians, and this week Charles J. Pilliod Jr., chairman of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., is scheduled to discuss a tire plant...
...complete line of cars, in contrast to Citroën, which has concentrated on the upper and lower ends of the market with its avant-garde luxury lines and spartan, eccentrically styled Deux Chevaux. The merged company will be headed by Peugeot Director-General Francois Gautier, 67, but Michelin tire company, which owns a controlling share of Citroën's stock, is expected to retain a similar position in the combined enterprise. Not surprisingly, French investors reacted to the engagement by bidding up the price of Citroën's stock -and bidding down Peugeot...
...town, where she wouldn't trouble his wife or his labor supply? Or, if masters were so sexually attracted by their slaves that they didn't care about all this, why were there very few black prostitutes in the South? Finally--it's a question Fogel and Engerman never tire of asking--since the evidence for pervasive disruption of black families is less than convincing, why has it so often been taken for granted...
Rolling Heads. Last week wildcat strikes spread from Portuguese firms to several American and other foreign companies that built factories in Portugal to employ cheap labor. Workers struck the Timex and Bayer corporations, demanding more than 50% raises. All four Firestone tire plants were shut down by discontented employees, while ITT executives bargained anxiously to head off a walkout at the semiconductor plant in Cascais. "The workers are looking for heads to roll," said a nervous Dutch director of ITT. "The situation could erupt at any moment...
...dispute between 84 district teachers and the school board that has turned neighbor against neighbor, caused dozens of arrests, and touched off a wave of vandalism. Windows in the strike headquarters have been smashed. Striking teachers, their replacements and board members have been victims of threatening phone calls and tire slashings, and their homes sprayed with paint. The school is kept locked while classes are in session, and parents patrol the halls and guard the entrances...