Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...court and handed a bill for $105,541 plus interest and penalties. Hogan had no excuse; so he pleaded no contest and threw himself on the mercy of the court. Despite Government lawyers' vehement objections, Hogan got more mercy than he could have expected. Judge Sam Perry saw fit to fine him only $10,000, offered to reduce the bite to $1,000 if Hogan paid $20,000 of his tax bill within 30 days...
Whether this wide and strange office will ever fit into the American pattern of compartmentalized efficiency remains to be seen. The incumbent, New York-born Alfred Rinaldi, a veteran tourist guide, is nervous as he puts on his frock coat with the traditional crossed keys and takes up his position behind the desk. Says he defiantly: "I will try to get to the bottom of any trouble there...
...Fit. Even under committee rule, however, prime responsibility for Chrysler's operations will rest with Lynn Townsend, an assured, articulate man who divides his spare time between water skiing and reading history. (He prefers to read about ancient civilizations "because, after all, I'm living in this one.") Orphaned at 14, Townsend put himself through the University of Michigan washing dishes, and worked for ten years with Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart, Chrysler's auditors. He got into the auto business formally four years ago, when he joined Chrysler as controller...
Steely Glint. In his new job General Taylor wears sober civilian suits, but they do nothing to cloak the commanding air of a professional soldier. Though he is doing his best to fit in with the freewheeling White House staffers-as non-military a group as any college faculty-the first time one of the resident eggheads greeted Taylor with an airy "Good morning, Max," the glint of steel flashed in the general's eye. But Taylor managed to restrain his celebrated talent for chewing out an offender and smiled a casual hello...
...rash of alphabetease, linguists were forced to invent a new word: acronym (from the Greek akros for tip, onyma for name), which first appeared in dictionaries in 1947. Most insidious breeders are public relations experts, adept at spawning the punch word that sums up an organization, then, to fit its letters, turning out an often fatuous full title. Examples: WAIF (Women's Adoption International Fund) and the recently launched piggyback acronym YOU (Youth Out for UNICEF). Last week Mississippi segregationists coined yet another: SAFE, meaning Southern Action for Expansion...