Word: collar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before the week was over, Thorneycroft got a chance to prove that he meant what he said. An arbitration board granted a wage boost to 32,000 white-collar employees of the Ministry of Health. The government promptly announced that it would refuse to pay the increased amount. Labor reacted instantly. "This is not the way to industrial peace," thundered Frank Cousins, boss of the Transport and General Workers' Union, Britain's biggest. "It is the way to industrial idiocy...
...struck the fancy of Beth's Boss Charles M. Schwab, who picked him to overhaul the company's important, but mismanaged, ore properties in Cuba. Grace did so well that he became the star of Bethlehem. By 1916, ten years after he traded overalls for a white collar, he was president...
...tracked down the story behind it and found that Miss Jomes worked a steam-iron at the Acme Laundry in Eastpox, N.J. Last year, while ironing a shirt belonging to Laundry Mark x428Fy, she had noticed a small piece of paper protruding from the slot on the collar. Curious, she pulled it out and read: "Whoever you are, I love the way you press my shirts. I think I may love you too. Interested?" She blushed, but daringly wrote her answer--"Interested, sorta," and slipped it in the collar-slot. Ten days later came another shirt from x428Fy and, sure...
...x428Fy had switched to slotless Van Heusen Collarite shirts--with sewn-in stays! You should, too! These micro-thin stays can't get lost, keep your collar flat, and launder with your shirt! Specify Collarite next time...
That night Kennedy arose before a sellout audience, boyishly tugged at his ear, tweaked his nose, ran a finger around the inside of his shirt collar, and announced bleakly: "I am particularly happy to be here tonight." The crowd sat silent, waiting. Kennedy continued: "It will be possible for us to disagree as Democrats within our party organization." The silence grew heavier. Kennedy plunged ahead, reading the text of Republican Verger's tricky challenge. Said he: "I accept the challenge. You who have been gracious enough to invite me hererealize that...