Word: bell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...humanities at Jackie's end of the table to politics at Jack's. "The men all do talk most of the time," says Jackie. "But that's the way it should be. The women add something from time to time. You don't ring a bell and say, 'Now we are going to talk about books.' " By the time Caroline was born and they had settled in their comfortable Federal home in Georgetown, the Kennedys were well clear of the marital reefs...
...father), it is easily exchanged at any branch. He threw out time clocks, reasoning that it was silly to keep tabs on employees who were only occasionally late, just to catch the few consistently late arrivers whose habits would be known to supervisors anyway. He silenced the jangling bell in employees' canteens that announced when lunch periods were over, letting clerks decide among themselves when to eat, thus checking on each other. Thick manuals that covered what to do in any situation were tossed out, replaced by one slim book...
...passionate idealism of youth and the orderly boredom of old age. (The General says, "Life, Gaston, is one long family lunch, tiresome because it has to be performed according to a long established ritual, with initialed napkin rings, embroidered table mats, forks of different shapes and sizes and a bell push under the table. It is a game we have agreed to play ... until the coffee. But the coffee once drunk, down the back stairs into the pantry and the best of luck...
...China question--more specifically the nationwide signal that seems to have been given for Red China recognition--it strikes us as worthy of attention to note the increasingly influential roles being assigned in our top echelons of government to former Harvard graduates, including also the new Budget Director David Bell and the new Defense Director Robert McNamara...
...Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Jose Iturbi, Renata Tebaldi and Shirley Jones, with Dancers Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn. Color...