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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...engineer is E. V. Debs...
Macy's v. Gimbels. Brunei's sudden defection came after weeks of cliffhanging negotiations between Malaya's shrewd Prime Minister Tunku (Prince) Abdul Rahman, father of the federation scheme, and Singapore's brilliant, mercurial Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Though the Tunku had demanded that Singapore kick in 55% of its revenues to the federal treasury, Lee managed to whittle the figure down to 40%. But overplaying his hand, he then held out for 39% . So infuriated was the Tunku at this Macy's v. Gimbels tactic that he delivered an ultimatum to Singapore...
Topping all California junior colleges, Beverly Hills now offers incentive-plan teaching salaries of up to $14,000 a year. For five or ten job openings a year it gets as many as 2,000 applications. "Teachers, are not treated like children here," says Social Studies Instructor Herbert V. Dodge. "You feel like a real professional." Equally satisfying, the children refuse to be unequals. "There's no automatic respect given here," says Physiology Teacher Charles Herbst. "They expect you to challenge them. You can't be mediocre and stay...
...made money. To tighten costs, two teams of executives surveyed 15 Hilton hotels in the U.S. last year, came up with findings that will save the chain nearly $2 million. All this has helped to bring the Hilton chain's labor bill down to 40% of its revenue, v. 45% for most transient hotels...
...have increased their defense spending an average 45% since 1959 to $15 billion this year. Despite the trend in Britain to lean more and more on the U.S. for its major defense protection, its defense budget this year is $5.2 billion, or about 7% of its gross national product (v. almost 10% for the U.S.). President de Gaulle, with his longing to have his own independent force de frappe, has set France's 1963 defense spending at $3.7 billion, or 5.1% of its G.N.P. Italy will spend $1.3 billion, West Germany $4.7 billion; even neutralist Sweden has hiked...