Word: ling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...LARRY LING...
Susan Ehrlich and Pam Berlin stand out for their performances as Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Martin, respectively. Both of them convey a certain sense of painful and proper English sensibility without losing the pace of their lines. Paul Ling began his role as Mr. Smith very tensely, which became more appropriate as the play itself became more tense, but was initially somewhat awkward. Jean Kalavski babbled as the maid Mary in a relatively minor role that she handled well. Lindsay Davis's direction was equally competent; though he introduced nothing particularly novel into the performance...
...Jerusalem!, Collins and Lapierre (2) 3-Eleanor: The Years Alone, Lash (3) 4-Open Marriage, Nona and George O'Neill (1) 5-The Peter Prescription, Pefer (5) 6-George S. Kaufman, Teichmann (6) 7-The Superlawyers, Goulcfen (7) 8-Fire in the Lake, FifzGerald 9-Ling, Brown 10-Paris Was Yesterday 1925-1939, Planner...
...argued that Ling was partly a victim of pure bad luck. While the economy was surging, LTV could paper over its weaknesses and use its rising stock to buy more companies. Then the Nixon Administration's anti-inflation "game plan" led to the recession and stock market collapse of 1969-70. That in turn shook out many of the glib-talking hustlers who had built too big on shaky foundations. Further, the Administration, responding to complaints from established businessmen that the conglomerate operators were dangerous predators, started a particularly vigorous antitrust drive. Jim Ling was its prime target. Justice...
Author Brown is sometimes wordy and overpraising of his subject. All correction made, though, Ling comes through as an honest, essentially likable man. The book, however, does not confront the larger question of the effect of conglomerates, and whether or not Ling, whatever his intentions, was more of a force for good or ill in America. It is hard not to conclude that Ling and overreaching conglomerators like him have put a severe strain on the fabric of public trust in big business. The giddy ride up at LTV was a good trip for many shareholders and bankers; but when...