Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This basic change is what brings a security system into being. The system is a clumsy, fumbling effort to adjust to an entirely new situation in governmental life, the dependence of the national security on the loyalty and discretion of tens of thousands of men and women, some of whom are not even aware that they can affect the safety of the country...
...coast for Westinghouse; the statuesque Roxanne. who does commercials for Sylvania. is a regular visitor at conventions and is always delighted to have her picture taken with the district's top salesman. Even Veteran Rex Marshall, who does commercials for four sponsors each week, is trying hard to adjust to the trend by wearing four different hats as the occasion requires. "When I do a show for Camel News Caravan, I'm a Camel man.'' he says stoutly. "And I feel the same way about the others (Reynolds aluminum. Dodge. Maxwell House) when I work...
Binger also noted that many women have been "forced into competitive aggressiveness" by education on a plane with men, and deplored the resulting suppression of feminine gentleness. He felt that higher education produces more mature men and women who are therefore better able to adjust themselves to the problems of marriage. "Self-knowledge is the best safeguard against marriage break-up," Binger said...
...countervailing military power to persuade the Communists of the futility of seeking their ends through aggression." Military Policy. Carefully pointing out that the U.S. is not placing "undue reliance on one weapon or preparation for only one kind of warfare," the President nevertheless made clear that the U.S. must adjust its military strength to fit the most powerful weapons available (TIME, Jan. 10). Said he: "The forthcoming military budget therefore emphasizes modern air power in the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and increases the emphasis on new weapons, especially those of rapid and destructive striking power." Obviously aware that...
...Vice President's explanation was enough to take the curse off King (who is also a moderate drinker) with some of the critics. "We still think it's not too good," said a W.C.T.U. spokesman, "though a man can always adjust himself and change his views." But most of the drys were unmoved. Nixon's letter, a Methodist Board of Temperance official felt, was "cocky." "It is the mind-set of a distillery general manager which matters," editorialized the respected Christian Century. The drys were particularly disturbed lest ex-Southern Comfortman King bring his wet influence...