Word: warded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reconnaissance planes droned ineffectively over the bloodstained jungle around Luluabourg, Belgian officialdom was hopefully awaiting the reaction of Congolese politicians to Schrijver's timetable for independence. But to outsiders-and to many Belgians as well-it seemed doubtful that any timetable, however reasonable, could ward off the chaos that was descending upon one of the world's richest colonies...
Gill Bamford scored the team's only touchdown in the second period, after Grady Watts intercepted a pass on the Dartmouth 36 yard line and ran it back to the five. Dave Ward converted for the extra point...
...Hill, Pa. 40 *Boulris, Chester J. '60 22 6:1 195 Springfield, Mass. 35 Nelson, James A. '61 20 5:10 170 Cherokee, Iowa 34 Barthelmes, Richard B. '61 21 5:10 175 Hamden, Conn. 34 Burke, Stephen S. '60 18 6:0 200 E. Aurora, N. Y. 33 Ward, David B. '62 19 5:10 190 Pittsburgh, Pa. 32 Reed, Charles L., Jr. '62 19 6:0 175 Redwood Falls, Minn. 31 Bamford, Gilbert '62 19 5:11 190 Andover, Mass. 30 *Halaby, Samuel A., Jr. '60 21 5:10 190 Rochester, N. Y. 25 Halaby, Theodore...
...brought in more than a dozen top executives, plucking them away from such firms as Revlon, Macy's and Marshall Field with generous stock-option plans, and he gave employee morale a quick boost by putting in a new pension plan. He reorganized Ward's management structure, bolstered confidence by delegating authority, scrapped Sewell Avery's outlandish rules. He began to change Ward's cash hoard into merchandising strength in 1955, since then has redecorated nearly 376 of the company's 566 stores, air-conditioned 73 of them, opened more than 296 new catalogue stores...
Trained in the law at Indiana University ('30), Barr joined Ward's legal staff in 1933, proved his skill by helping to prepare the case that eventually voided President Roosevelt's seizure of Ward's during a 1944 labor dispute and masterminding the successful proxy battle against Raider Louis Wolfson in 1955. Barr still admires his old boss, refuses to criticize him. Says he: "He was one of the nation's best merchandisers. He grew old, that...