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Diplomat Patterson, a former RKO executive, thought he saw his duty clearly. "We are trying to work out here in Guatemala," he later explained, "a pattern for containing Communism and injustice to U.S. companies everywhere." But he never seemed to get the knack of dealing with touchy, prideful Latins...
Harvard College, President Conant has Said, seeks to turn out "tough minded idealists," individuals who will be able to fight for their principles against the force of worldly realities. Hence the Harvard educational pattern has always been aimed at getting the student to order his own life, instead of spoon-feeding him and running his life for him as many other colleges seek...
Harvard has no investment pattern, by which a certain amount of its funds must go for bonds and a certain amount for stocks. Essentially, however, all universities must insist on conservative investments. People give endowment to a university with the thought of the permanence of their gift in mind. This keeps most universities from speculation...
...features of the trip was a beard-growing contest. Entries were judged solely on the basis of quantity and strength of chin hairs, variety of color combinations, length of individual hairs, pattern and shape of beard, and a"all around beauty...
...belief, in some cases justified, that every suggestion for improvement in the lives or well-being of our people has met the instant and vigorous opposition of business." It should explain the "relationship of capitalism" to daily life. The American business system "is inseparable from the texture and pattern of our civilization," said he. In selling itself, business must convince the millions of employees that "business is on their side...