Word: existing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Create a system of feedback which will provide substantially more information on our progress without the awesome penalties which now exist...
Bator goes on to ask: "Is there some other vision which will do? I believe not. The truth is, there does not exist today a design which will resolve the underlying problems and hence command the allegiance of a large majority of Western Europeans." In this formless Continent of independent nation-states, Nixon's advice to Americans seems apt. "The shape of Europe's future is essentially the business of the Europeans," the President has said. "What we need is not more proclamations and declarations, but a greater attention to what our allies think...
...incidents of old-fashioned nastiness have several intriguing elements in common. For one thing, they generally involve nations that have no mutual diplomatic relations or, if such links exist, they tend to be severely frazzled. For another, the favorite object of attack almost always involves vehicles-airliners, autos or ships-which points up the essential vulnerability of international transportation. A third point of similarity is that Communist and other totalitarian nations seem most ready to flout established diplomatic legitimacy (there are exceptions), doubtless because such regimes are freer to act without taking public opinion into account. Certainly the arbitrary...
While Apollo 9 astronauts were preparing for outer space, two crews of U.S. aquanauts began new missions to determine how well man can exist in inner space-the underwater depths...
...rules that determine who gets what in the U.S. economy are at once distressingly inequitable and remarkably logical. Tradition, profit, risk and decision making all play a part. Regional pay differences exist, but are narrowing as executive mobility increases. The Fantus Co., a site-seeking firm for industry, reckons that for young executives living costs in New York run 12% higher than in Chicago and 40% higher than in Dallas. Although some companies give Manhattan executives premium pay, it does not always make up for the cost-of-living differential...