Word: closed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...legislated away, any more than euphemisms can be. Verbal miasma, when it deliberately obscures truth, is an offense to reason. But the inclination to speak of certain things in uncertain terms is a reminder that there will always be areas of life that humanity considers too private, or too close to feelings of guilt, to speak about directly. Like stammers or tears, euphemisms will be created whenever men doubt, or fear, or do not know. The instinct is not wholly unhealthy; there is a measure of wisdom in the familiar saying that a man who calls a spade a spade...
...able to buy back public confidence before he faces the voters again. The price may well be continued antagonism of the unions. But just as U.S. unions have a way of quarreling with the Democratic Party and then supporting it at the polls, British labor may well close ranks. "When it comes to the crunch," said a T.U.C. official, "we'll all stand together." Even if that forecast is correct, there is no indication where the rest of the country will stand...
...days after the Indianapolis disaster, the very same flight-Allegheny 853-came perilously close to another mid-air collision with a light plane while departing Greater Cincinnati Airport. Fortunately, in this instance the unidentified light plane suddenly showed up on airport radar when the two craft were within five to ten seconds of crashing-just enough time to warn the jetliner away...
...appointed by the town to woo industry, raised $50,000 by selling stock locally. With those funds, the committee refurbished an old pumpkin cannery and began making so-called camper coaches: portable dwellings that can be mounted on pickup trucks. The venture failed, and the factory was forced to close. Finally, John K. Hanson, a Forest City furniture-store owner, bought up the stock at a reduced price and reopened the plant. In 1964, misfortune struck again when a fire gutted the old building. Undaunted, Hanson borrowed $360,000 from the Small Business Administration and put up a larger...
Though the neighborhood is undistinguished, it has the attraction of being close to the center of town. A number of prospective tenants have already sent in cash deposits for apartments. Inevitably, the local newspaper has produced a name for the singles who will move into the silos: "flour children...