Word: 51st
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over at the only black face in the room--that of a young security guard. He remains impassive. A burly, slightly drunk Ohioan goes to the microphone to make his contribution. "The Panama Canal is as much ours as Alaska or the Louisiana Purchase... We should make it the 51st state...
Tongue firmly in cheek, The Economist of London chose last week to publish a Declaration of Dependence, suggesting that Britain might be better off reunited with "our American Brethren " as the 51st state. Among the magazine's grievances against the present government: "They have repeatedly and cruelly increased the Price of stamps, thereby effectively levying a Stamp Tax; they have reduced the Value of the Pound to just about 1.776 Dollars, which is an excessively Bicentennial Figure." The Declaration acknowledged past differences ("What if we did burn down Washington in 1814? Jimmy Carter, at least, ought to approve...
...THOUGHTS. Air conditioning is the second-best weapon against the equatorial heat of the city. The best is a walk on the mild side-in the vest-pocket parks (among the most refreshing: Paley Park, a few steps east of Fifth Ave. at 53rd St.; Greenacre Park, 212 E. 51st St.; McGraw Hill Park, 48th St. west of Sixth Ave.), ambling across the footpaths of the 59th Street, Triboro and Brooklyn bridges, or riding one of the shaky, alpine cable cars that wobble across the length of the Bronx...
...only pointedly offered "a very cordial salute" to Mitterrand but did so in English as well as French-a cultural heresy that raised eyebrows even on the political left. Said former Premier Pierre Mendes-France, a Mitterrand supporter: "Yes, I can see it now. France will become the 51st state before Puerto Rico...
When Haider reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in 1969, Jamieson took over as chairman, moving in 1972 into a huge, sparsely furnished office on the 51st floor of the Exxon Building in mid-Manhattan. Jamieson, who earned $401,666 in salary plus $195,000 in bonus last year, smoothly delegates authority. "In a big organization like this," he says, "you've got to push decision making to as low a level as possible and get it done. There is a fine line between pushing too far and not far enough." Says one Exxon insider of Jamieson...