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Buoyed by the United order, Boeing will almost certainly retain its command in the global jet market. On Boeing's drawing boards are two other members of the new generation...
Acheampong was succeeded by Sandhurst-educated Lieut. General Frederick W. K. Akuffo, 41, his second in command. Ghanaians wondered just what effect the change would have on the return to civilian government by next July that Acheampong had promised. Acheampong had called for a nonparty "union government" in which military officers would be included as advisers; Ghana's politically active professional class criticized "unigov" as a disguise for continued military rule. After they accused Acheampong of cheating on a unigov referendum, over 100 opponents were jailed...
...chairman has no statutory power to command. He has only one of seven votes on the board and one of twelve on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which makes the key operating decisions on money supply and interest rates. The practice is to have discussion go around and around the table until a consensus emerges, and take a vote only after its outcome has become a foregone conclusion. A forceful chairman can guide and shape the debate, but it had been thought that Miller's lack of training in banking might cause him to defer to his strong-minded...
...aboard a Danish sailing ship out of New London, Conn. The discipline, he says, "was awfully healthy," and he began "to understand the techniques of making an organization work." Graduating in 1945, he got to Japan just after the war ended. A year later, at 20, he was given command of a landing craft, with a crew of 30, to bring through the Panama Canal to Galveston and mothballing...
Indeed it does. Offers are pouring in for Oliveira to perform with symphonies across the U.S. He can now command $3,000-$1,000 more than his precompetition rate. As for Rosen, he may be able to support himself as a soloist. Says he: "It is much more difficult for a cellist to have a soloist career than it is for a pianist or a violinist. It would be a fantastic achievement if I could do even a small thing to advance the cause of cellists...