Word: zeal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...zeal, Geneen recognizes that prudence dictates a relatively low-keyed overseas operation. Because of foreign sensitivity to American business domination, for example, the company has kept its U.S. connections almost invisible; in Europe, only 61 of the company's 125,000 employees are American. To lubricate its contacts with foreign governments, ITT has lured onto its staff such prominent native sons as former U.N. Secretary-General Trygve...
Missionary Zeal. Under Fernandez and Marshall, Lusteveco has barged ahead with a sort of missionary zeal. Sales have almost doubled since 1963, but the company is chary with dividends. It plows nearly all its earnings back into expansion. "Until we are sure we can meet the needs of the country," explains Fernandez, "we will continue to give that first priority and dividends second...
...student of French history, Charles de Gaulle knows well Talleyrand's admonition on the art of government: "Above all, no zeal." But last week, when he appeared on television to defend himself against mounting criticism, the old man seemed to be telling the French nation that he had changed the motto to "Above all, no doubts." To get his message across, though, he ignored French history and resorted to a metaphorical invocation of Faust...
...crowd of 25,000 packing Rio's Maracanazinho Stadium included favela dwellers and members of Brazil's lower middle class, their swarthy faces reflecting their country's racial mix. Decorously dressed in black suits and flowered dresses, they were moved by evangelical zeal: when a 2,000-voice choir began to sing, everyone joined in. Afterward, a trickle of shouted individual prayers grew into a waterfall roar. Last week's rally, at the Eighth Pentecostal World Conference, eloquently illustrated the power and missionary success of one of the century's fastest-growing religious movements...
...completed movie, its blemishes notwithstanding, emerges as an impressive artistic accomplishment and a lasting tribute to Miss Whiteside's 50 years of inspiring zeal and unflagging dedication. And the film is evidence that, in one place at least, the ancient Greek language, far from being dead, is not even moribund...