Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Louis F. Fleser, Sheldon Emory Professor of Organic Chemistry, and William Cochran, professor of Statistics, will participate in the first broad government study on the subject, Fleser's specialty is chemistry of tobacco smoke, and Cochran's is mathematical statistics, especially as applied to biologic problems...
...McKee, a tiny town in the Wilderness Trail country, Republican Senator Thruston Morton got out of a borrowed yellow Cadillac, mingled with tobacco-chewing men in bib overalls. It was beastly hot, and sweat dripped from Morton's face. He was gracious, but seemed much more reserved than Wyatt. The group moved inside the dilapidated courthouse. A trial was in session, but the judge ordered a recess so that Morton could speak. He was introduced by a local orator: "We're a workin' people, we're a God-fearin' people, we're a peace...
...past decade. Direct investments by foreign businessmen in U.S. companies have doubled since 1950, to more than $7.5 billion. Before World War II, two-thirds of foreign holdings in U.S. manufacturing companies were in textiles and chemicals, but today the biggest investments are in food, tobacco and beverages. The lion's share of the foreign investment in the U.S. is British. The British have increased their holdings from $1 billion to $2.5 billion since 1950, mainly by increased investment in such companies as Brown & Williamson Tobacco, Thomas J. Lipton, Lever Brothers, Bowater paper and Shell Oil. Canadians run second...
...tobacco company's move is not simply one-shot effort at token desegregation in Winston-Salem. The company maintains one of the South's most extensive industrial desegregation programs; it desegregated its production lines in April...
...ought to be pointed out that Reynolds Tobacco Co. is the only non-unionized cigarette manufacturer in the country. No doubt much of the reason for its integration policy is that it can continue to keep away the unions by undercutting the advantages they might offer...