Word: troika
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Remembering the great Troika crisis that nearly destroyed the U.N. the last time it had to look for a new Secretary-General, none of the organization's members wanted to go through the traumatic process of searching for a replacement. Besides, despite the futility of his first term, U Thant had impressed the great powers that he was an honest, if bland, broker for the conflicts of the world...
Where Credit Is Due. This troika, powered by loans from the Chase Manhattan and other banks, has bought up or signed exclusive contracts with 500 jobbers. Those who hitch to Bluhdorn's wagon get several advantages: G. & W. gives them national advertising, marketing advice and long-term credits. Most important, it sells wholesale parts made by other manufacturers as well as its own, and promises overnight delivery...
...Murray Schisgal sees life as a sickness from which most people recover, and he amusingly deflates the gassy, self-pitying bosh that is said about it. Alan Arkin, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson ride this troika of hilarity...
...Murray Schisgal sees life as a sickness from which most people recover, and he amusingly deflates the gassy, self-pitying bosh that is talked about it. Alan Arkin, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson ride this troika of hilarity...
...Troika. General is run by three brothers, who have taken the company for its most rewarding rides on unfamiliar roads. President Michael Gerald ("Jerry") O'Neil, 43, a cool risk taker, directs the tire and other manufacturing operations in Akron, now devotes special attention to the company's missile-making arm, Aerojet-General, which has been nicked by the aerospace cutbacks. In Manhattan, Chairman Thomas O'Neil, 49, a onetime Holy Cross College football star, oversees the company's entertainment subsidiary, RKO General, and specializes in acquisitions. And John O'Neil, 47, an extraverted intellectual...