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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Isolation Anxiety. In Moscow, the Warsaw Pact officials spent much of their two-day meeting debating West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's offer of improved trade and political relations. Since fear of the West Germans has been one of the East bloc's unifying forces, a reconciliation with Bonn could slowly erode the Warsaw Pact. The prospect of a rapprochement particularly alarms East German Boss Walter Ulbricht, who fears that his half of Germany might lose considerable East bloc business in the event of a deal between Bonn and the Warsaw Pact countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: EUROPE: A TIME OF TESTING FOR THE POWER BLOCS | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...first thing necessary for a happy progress in business, is prudence or discretion . This, as it relates to trade, is an habit of mind enabling us to conduct our affairs in the wisest and best manner; or, in other words, it is pursuing the proper end by the best means, and in the fittest time. It is not that serpentine craft, which lies in wait to captivate the unwary, impose upon the credulons, and over-reach the weak understanding, and which teaches men to increase their wealth by injustice and fraud. God has given to no man superior wisdom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAP. III. OF PRUDENCE OR DISCRETION. | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...opinion that painters would get a lot more respect if more people knew what the trade consists of. Many opinions have been formed due to the fact that the Union is always open to painters, whereas for several years it has been extremely difficult for electricians, plumbers, etc. to join the Union. The situation is as such now if an individual has been in the Union all of his life and he retires or dies a member of his family or a relative of his can be considered for his space. The main reason for this difference in the admitting...

Author: By Park Chamberlain, | Title: The Mail A PAINTER'S HELPER REPLIES. | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

...order is changing. Besides Reed, the New Yorkers boast a brilliant assortment of speedy ball handlers and hawks: Bill Bradley, Cazzie Russell, Dick Barnett and Walt Frazier. The team also gained additional power and scoring punch when Dave DeBusschere came to New York from Detroit in a trade last year. Says Holzman: "We have no first team, only some guys who play more than others." Their combination of depth and speed has made the Knicks almost invincible. Says Walt Frazier: "There was a time when we were awed by Boston. But this year we play the way they used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Knickerbocker Holiday | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...stated goal of Sweden's National Trade Union Confederation, or Lands-organisation, is "to give due consideration to the effect of wage developments on the national economy." Sweden's powerful LO represents one worker in every two, and Denmark's LO also has every second worker as a member; Norway's encompasses a third of all breadwinners. Management groups are equally strong, well-organized-and enlightened. Corporations provide quite a few fringe benefits. Oslo's Tandbergs Radiofabrikk, for instance, supplies a gym for its employees and holds parties for them, including one near Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: How the Scandinavians Do It | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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