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Dick's father, Joseph, was a rigid Republican, the sort who considered Teddy Roosevelt a wild radical. Dick did not shake this Republican influence until he had fought with the Marines in World War I, returned to Yale, and become aroused by the way Republicans were assailing Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations. His defection to the Democrats shook his parents to their Republican roots...
...topflight drug companies, the new law will make little difference; their standards are already high. But second-team companies will have to raise their standards of quality and rigid control. That will cost money and hurt them competitively. Some borderline drugmakers may be put out of business. The keeping of many more detailed records will be costly to all companies. The new law cannot be expected to lower the prices of any drugs, and may actually raise some by a few cents. Key provisions: > No new drug can be marketed until the manufacturer has satisfied the FDA that...
Despite the turbulence of Argentine politics and the world grain market, Bunge & Born has prospered because it has shrewdly spread its bets into so many countries and industries. By building a reputation for strict honesty and rigid adherence to delivery dates, it has become the biggest shipper of jute in India. Biggest of all the overseas subsidiaries is New York's Bunge Corp., which last year rang up sales of more than $500 million, including more than $125 million from storing and shipping U.S. surplus grain...
...unless a campaign can be devised to entice national advertisers. To date the HSA has shown itself incapable of devising such a campaign; it has simply increased the costs that must be shouldered by the already overburdened local market. This endless spiral of Calendar expansion must be stopped. Three rigid limitations must be imposed upon the Calendar: 1) No further increases in production costs should be allowed; 2) Absolutely no articles of a descriptive or critical nature are to be tolerated-the Calendar is not and should not be a magazine; 3) No further encroachments into the Harvard Square advertising...
Although members of the Cadet Corps undergo rigid military discipline, our "fish" are not "mercilessly hazed," but live under conditions characterized by a spirit of friendliness, courtesy, and honor...