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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...changed. The number of workers in professional and related services soared by 58%. those involved in finance and real estate increased by 41%, and those in public administration by 27%. At the same time, the number of workers in coal mining dropped by 56%, those in railroad and railway express by 31%, and those in textile product industries...
...median wage was $7.547 in the legal and engineering and other professional services. Following closely were median earnings of $6,521 in petroleum and coal products, $6,373 in communications and $6,018 in aircraft and parts manufacturing. For women the highest median wage was in railroads and railway express with $4,435, while petroleum and coal products followed with $4,111 and the motor vehicle and equipment industry offered...
Most of them are bored by political debate and seldom show up. On the other hand, several able, politically-minded aristocrats who refuse to sit in the Lords have joined Wedgwood Benn's boycott with the express aim of changing the system. Among them: Lord Hinchingbrooke, a lively Tory rebel who lost his Commons seat this year when he became the tenth Earl of Sandwich, and Lord Altrincham, a trenchant anti-Establishment columnist for the Liberal Manchester Guardian...
...blunt executive who would rather duck into a man's office for a talk than use the telephone. With Townsend, says one hardworking Chrysler official, "the needle is always out?but always in good humor." Says Chairman George Love: "He has the rare capacity to persuade his associates to express opinions contrary to his own." Adds Love of his own relationship with Townsend: "Let's say Townsend has an uncle?an uncle with some experience m managing a pretty tough coal business. This uncle is looking over his nephew's shoulder because the uncle has invested $20 million...
...cars tested by Dr. Allen had bright chromium trim in the driver's held ot vision. Even small bits of brightwork, such as chromium windshield wipers or decorations on the dash, can reflect sun light and cause spots of glare. Attempts to express the space age in instrument panels end with the instruments poorly grouped. Their needles or other indicators are hard for many drivers to see Many new car models share a common feature: a hood that covers the instrument panel so that its lights will not reflect at night in a stylishly sloping windshield. Under many daytime...