Word: arnolds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taught the 20th century about the ambivalence of inner drives and longings, a growing number of modern thinkers have put their faith and hope in the psyche as the last refuge of idealism in a corrupt, unhappy world. Charting the physical decline of one civilization after another, Historian Arnold Toynbee took comfort in what he called the "etherealization" of mankind: the tendency of advancing societies to encounter internal rather than external challenges, to move from a material existence to one that is more spiritual. Similarly, the Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was persuaded that evolution has brought civilization...
...there'll always be an adman. In a full-page newspaper announcement of the size change last week. Esquire Publisher Arnold Gingrich discovered that his magazine had a "big and bulky old-fashioned page size," and dismissed it as the "full three-masted rigging of yesteryear." Despite record advertising revenues and circulation (1,175,000), he decreed the switch to a "more modern size," promising readers more pages (presumably ones of lighter weight) and more color, and advertisers a better page rate per thousand. Gingrich hinted at a further fringe benefit in the smaller size: Esquire will be less...
...defense workers. Stubborn pockets of high unemployment in Seattle (10.9%), Wichita, Kans. (9.3%), and Bridgeport, Conn. (7.1%) bear witness to the disrupted careers of Americans who once got high pay in high-technology industries. Some have moved to Europe or Mexico in search of work. Boston Engineer Arnold Limberg once earned $20,000 a year preparing secret reports on moon-landing test procedures. After his firing, he turned in desperation to odd jobs. Limberg charges $5 an hour for yard work, $6 for painting and $7 for roofing or carpentry. "You name it, I'll do it," says...
...Challenge and response" was a catch phrase that Historian Arnold Toynbee used to explain the rise of civilizations. When Granddaughter Clare Toynbee, 21, was challenged by her bank to pay a $240 overdraft, her response was to become a weekend stripper in a Soho nightclub for $72 a session. Confronted by a reporter, she confessed ambiguously, "Oh well, I suppose I couldn't keep it under cover forever," and admitted that the family took a dim view. "At first I felt ashamed to strip completely in front of all those men," added Clare, an Oxford graduate...
There are plenty of rumors of problems at Lord & Taylor, Arnold Constable and Saks Fifth Avenue. The managements of B. Altman and Bonwit Teller recently took the unusual step of sending letters to their employees assuring them that the stores would not be closed. Meanwhile, on Madison Avenue, Abercrombie & Fitch has been plagued by the common problem of thefts and other runaway costs; the company lost nearly $1,000,000 on sales of $28 million in fiscal...