Word: contentively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chief villain is the rich wall-to-wall carpeting, without which no new office is self-respecting. The deeper the pile, the worse the shock-particularly if the material has a high synthetic fiber content, which gives a carpet outstanding durability but equally outstanding shock qualities. Next comes wool, with cotton at the bottom of the shock list. A com pounding factor is the increasing prevalence of metal desks, typing tables and wall trimmings, which are brisk conductors of any static charges that anybody can scuff up. Driest days are the worst. When the humidity falls below 20%, executives view...
...refunds in cash is avoided wherever possible; Houston stores have joined together in a pact against giving cash refunds unless, says one merchant, "a customer carries his protest to lying on the floor and kicking his feet." Since few customers have enough post-holiday energy left, they are usually content to settle for something else...
Would he propose any new programs that would add to the budget? "There will be new programs. We are not going to stand still in this country; we are going to move ahead . . . We do expect never to just be content to sit in our rocking chair and enjoy the status...
...such personal diplomacy, by the content of his public addresses, by the force of his energies, President Johnson in his first month in office has dispelled some of the doubts that existed about him when he took over. But the aim of activity must be accomplishment, and in this area, the returns are still out. Yet if there was one thing that marked Johnson's career as a Senate leader, it was accomplishment...
More Job Seekers. The U.S. economy is now being warned that it cannot rest content merely on surpassing old highs. "New records are not enough in a growing economy," says Walter Heller. Though the G.N.P. is increasing by a comfortable $30 billion a year, the real need, argue Heller and other Government planners, is for a $40 billion to $50 billion increase if unemployment is to be cut. Though capital investment hit a new record, it was $10 billion too low to finance the expansion that planners want. Profits, according to this argument, should be closer to $60 billion instead...