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...their work rules. His Plumbers and Pipefitters require two pipefitters and a welder to hook up the piping on a steam trap about the size of a breadbox. If American farmers worked the same way, there would be 20 men on a combine and wheat would be $10 a bushel...
...suspended animation: administrative jobs are vacant, a teachers' contract remains to be negotiated, next year's budget has not yet been sent to Congress, and now a new superintendent evidently must be hired. Says School Budget Director Ed Winner: "If this board found Jesus Christ under a bushel basket, he would have trouble here next year...
...have a totally different pair. One of Ford's great strengths has been a lack of jealousy in wielding power. When he made his bid to be minority leader in the House, Ford told his fellow Republicans that "no man's light will be hidden under a bushel." For nine years he lived up to that pledge. At the other end of things is Rockefeller, whose sense of what is appropriate now is fine-tuned. A few hours after his swearing-in, the Vice President mused to friends that gaining public attention was something that not only...
...panicky export buying that in the past has done much to push up U.S. food prices. Foreign buying so far has been no more than moderate, but enterprising Japanese buyers have approached a number of farmers in downstate Illinois and offered to purchase soybeans for $1 a bushel above the going market price (currently...
...light will be hidden under a bushel," Ford assured his fellow Congressmen. "Every Republican will have a voice in decision making and a chance to make a name for himself." Ford gave credit where it was due, took less than his share and made friends in both parties. No arm twister, he was a patter and a hugger. "It's the damndest thing," mused Louisiana's Democratic Congressman Joe D. Waggonner Jr. "Jerry just puts an arm around a colleague or looks him in the eye, says, 'I don't need your vote,' and gets it." Adds Edward F. Derwinski...