Word: caterpillar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...German victory over Poland, they would only exchange one anti-Semitic prison for another. Even when that illusion died, much wry humor remained. The Germans were "the others." An "organist" was a reliably bribed German or official. A "musical" was a man who would take an occasional bribe. "Caterpillar tanks" was the word for those refugees so heavily burdened with their belongings that they could barely crawl. Deported Jews coming into Poland wearing JUDE patches stitched on their clothing said the initials stood for "End of Italy and Germany" (Italiens und Deutschlands Ende...
...force, have helped peak Michigan's unemployment to 415,000, or 14.3% of the labor force, and the highest figure since the war. Lorain, Ohio, where U.S. Steel laid off 3,500 of its 11,000-man National Tube Division, is also in deep recession. Peoria, Ill., where Caterpillar Tractor Co. laid off 6,000 of its 23,000 men, is getting ready to dispense free groceries to jobless workers. But in bigger, more diversified cities such as Chicago, Toledo and Cleveland, retail sales, housing and other economic indicators show little serious decline...
Troop Carriers: The Soviets have an amphibious, caterpillar-tracked vehicle that is or soon will be in mass production. The U.S. has only a few such armored troop carriers, its allies virtually none...
Short-Range Missiles: Soviet short-range missiles are solid-fueled, therefore can be fired more quickly than such liquid-fueled missiles as the U.S. Corporal. The Russians have mounted rocket launchers on vehicles with caterpillar tracks. In Red Square they showed a launcher for rockets 12 in. in diameter, mounted on a tanklike chassis. U.S. ground-support missiles are carried on wheeled trucks...
...such companies are out to help is not the employee who goes on an occasional binge but the worker whose job suffers from his drinking. "You must be very careful," says Dr. Harold Vonachen, head of Caterpillar Tractor Co.'s medical department, "that you're not dealing with just the social phenomenon of martinis before dinner or drinking one too many on Saturday night." To discover the man who is having real trouble handling his liquor -and the problem strikes executive and machinist alike-companies brief supervisory personnel on the signs to watch for, such as frequent absenteeism...