Word: amiss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ship's cinema, where Bob Hope was cavorting on the screen with Anita Ekberg in Call Me Bwana, the audience at first thought that the ringing bells were part of the film's plot. But the smell of smoke soon convinced them that something was amiss. Other passengers who had gone to bed early were not yet fully aware of the danger. No fire instructions were issued over the loudspeaker, and the alarm bells stopped ringing so quickly that many people thought it was only a drill...
Into One Basket. The liberal dissatisfaction is based largely on the belief that the Administration has tied practically its entire economic program to a tax cut as its solution to all that is amiss in the economy. The Administration's theory is that the way to get at U.S. unemployment, which stays at a persistently high figure (5.7%), is to put more money in the consumer's pocket to increase demand and more in the corporation's coffers to encourage investment in plant and equipment, which in turn creates new jobs...
...next year Douglas married Mercedes Hester Davidson, divorced wife of a former Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Mercedes had been his research assistant, even attended auto mechanics school to learn how to change tires and spark plugs on their faraway trips. But for all of that, something was amiss. Two weeks ago, Mercedes won an uncontested divorce on grounds of cruelty (TIME, Aug. 9). Five days later, Bill Douglas, 64, and Joan Martin, 23, were married; the following day, Mercedes married her third husband, Washington Lawyer Robert B. Eichholz...
Princely Aloofness. Even at his age, Hilton is very much in command of his empire and often seems to have more energy than his younger colleagues. He regularly scans reports from each hotel and reads complaints that guests send in. If he sees something amiss, a hotel manager somewhere will get a quick telephone call from Hilton. Recently Hilton launched a big drive to make Hilton employees more courteous to guests, had behind-the-scenes spots in Hilton hotels plastered with posters that asked: "Have you smiled today? It's bound to give you a lift...
...Bishop Lichtenberger thought, were three collects from the Book of Common Prayer. Among the readings: a venerable (1667) prayer for the church that asks God to fill it with truth: "Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, establish it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite...