Word: extends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...annual banquets have been so primitive that every eatery in the area, except Chez Dreyfus, now refuses to extend its services to the Advocate. Since the damage at Chez Dreyfus last year was pretty severe (one member stuck his fork into the wall up to the handle), it is probably just as well that the magazine is getting a new building. There soon will be no other place available for annual banquets...
...officers and members of our Executive Committee join in congratulations to you upon your selection [Jan. 2]. We share your respect and admiration for one of our top business leaders, whose constructive activities extend far beyond just the walls of factories. It is significant that this distinctive honor goes to a man well aware of the moral and spiritual qualities comprising the major force behind the success of our way of life. Because Mr. Curtice has accepted the responsibility of leadership of American business, I truly believe, along with TIME, that soon Americans "will be able to unleash their considerable...
Latin American reaction ranged from chilly skepticism to outright rebuff. Snorted Cuba's U.N. delegate: "What the Russians want is to place spies and agitators in Latin America." Snapped Santiago's El Mercurio: "The U.S.S.R. is making a false offer in an attempt to extend its tyranny." In Rome, Traveler Juscelino Kubitschek spoke as the President-elect of Latin America's biggest nation: "We know from past experience that the Russians never give anything without trying to take at least twice as much in return...
...Envy of a Man's Countrymen and Cotemporaries are ever endeavouring to cast over living Merit. Here you would know, and enjoy, what Posterity will say of Washington. For a 1000 Leagues have nearly the same Effect with 1000 Years. The feeble Voice of those groveling Passions cannot extend so far either in Time or Distance. At present I enjoy that Pleasure for you: as I frequently hear the old Generals of this martial Country, (who study the Maps, and mark upon them all your Operations) speak with sincere Approbation and great Applause of your Conduct...
Businessmen are realizing also that relaxation cannot be limited to weekends and vacations, but must also extend to conscious conserving of energy on the job itself. CBS President Frank Stanton works a seven-day week, often ten hours a day, but he stays in top form by catnapping whenever he has a spare moment. Other executives get away from work during working hours by lunching alone, taking brief strolls, reading a chapter of a book...