Word: bitingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Divinity, Humanity. Like many another reforming movement that has grown old, Ethical Culture worries about losing its bite. Despite a steady growth of about 500 members per year, good new leaders have been hard to find. Many potential members, some society officials fear, may well be repelled by an antiquated name, suggestive of Victorian rationalism. In New York, society switchboard operators lately stopped answering calls with a cheerily cryptic "Hello, Ethical," after one caller snapped: "I don't give a damn about your morals; just connect...
...keep the interest bite as small as possible, an increasing number of U.S. companies have sweetened their bond offerings by making them convertible to common stock. Last week Bankers' Trust paid only 5% for 20-year debentures, and International Utilities' 20-year bonds came out at 5¼ because they can be swapped later for common shares. Conversions water down the value of shares owned by existing stockholders, but the average 1% that borrowing firms save on the interest rate can mean a $4,000,000 saving over the 20-year life of $20 million of bonds...
...DOCTOR IS SICK, by Anthony Burgess. A rogue philosopher whose comic novels also bite, Burgess conducts a tour along the perimeters of reality...
...automobile industry is feeling the bite of widespread criticism on car safety. Sales are dropping, plants are shutting down temporarily and executives like Arjay Miller, president of Ford, are muttering about how "harassment" over safety has contributed to the slip in demand...
When he hits Darwin and mutations, Miner yanks at his front teeth. "The saber-toothed tiger," he says, "was noted for its eyeteeth. They grew and grew, giving the tiger a tremendous bite. They could just WHANG on that prey." He claps his hands together. "But this mutation kept recurring and the eyeteeth grew longer and longer, till they came down like this"?he drapes his forefingers down over his lower jaw?"and then what happened? They couldn't get a bite. So now there are no more saber-toothed tigers...