Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problem only economic, for by this time Rhee was getting into his 80s. Tragically, at the very time he could have been most useful to his country, he had become too old and inflexible to serve it well. Fading fast were the lofty visions of democracy for which he had gone to jail so long ago. Now his high-handed ways were earning him bitter enemies among the most enlightened groups in the country. Charges of corruption flew thick and fast around his Cabinet. In 1960 he was re-elected to a fourth term, but in a flurry of rigged...
...contains four miniature flash bulbs, each with its own built-in reflector. Packaged in threes for $1.95, the plastic-coated cube fits any of eight newly designed Kodak cameras, completely eliminates the need for the old flash attachment. On cameras with automatic film advancers, the cube spins around so fast the photographer can shoot four times in five seconds-plenty of time to catch that certain smile before it melts...
Honors followed in his fast footsteps. Queen Elizabeth made him a Member of the Order of the British Empire, promoted him to Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was New Zealand's new national hero. Then Snell began to think about quitting-while he was ahead. He wanted to spend time with his young wife Sally and at his job in public relations for Rothmans cigarette company in New Zealand. So last fall, he decided to top off his triumphal career with one last world tour...
Bertelsmann grew so fast that a few years ago it wobbled. "Our old patriarchal form of management collapsed," says Mohn. "We were practically forced into decentralization." With techniques gleaned from U.S. magazines and books and his biennial brain-picking visits to the U.S., he split Bertelsmann into 44 subsidiaries, each with its own boss and its own specialized function, such as printing, warehousing and collecting bills. Delegating with skill, he told managers: "I don't care what you do-as long as everybody in the company provides the world's best solution to his particular problem." Whenever...
Franck said that the call would be levied on the basis of "availables" rather than population. He explained that he does not know at the present time how fast the draft will be increased to 35,000. "We'll have to wait until we hear from the Secretary of Defense," he said, "but we can't increase the number until the facilities for processing men are increased...