Word: fittings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WAPSHOT SCANDAL, by John Cheever. Evicted from St. Botolphs and its rooted way of life by time, circumstance and inclination, the younger generation of Wap-shots find the 20th century closing in and the fit uncomfortable, whether in suburbia or in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a missile base...
...country lavished millions on massive public works projects, including the construction of the nation's $600 million capital of Brasília. Erratic Jânio Quadros, who took office in 1961, slapped on rigid austerity measures. But he stuck around only seven months before resigning in a fit of pique, and then Goulart-his Vice President-moved into the palace...
...still inoperative nuclear deterrent as the force de dissuasion, have never been very precise about how or what it would dissuade. In the April issue of France's National Defense Review, General Charles Ailleret, chief of the general staff, comes up with a nuclear strategy custom-made to fit the force itself...
...Gannett newspapers, a string of 15 dailies (total circ. 877,000) largely located in upper New York State. The competent Gannett papers grew fat under the laissez-faire leadership of the late Frank Ernest Gannett, who permitted his editors wide latitude to run their shows as they saw fit, even down to disputing the boss...
...Gordon, a G.I. who stayed on in Germany to work for Radio Free Europe, began looking for his own business in 1957. "My idea was that America was 15 years ahead of Germany, and all I had to do was to find an American idea and tailor it to fit the German mentality." Result: he and Partner Leo Horrigan settled upon their own Musik fur Millionen, which pipes soothing background music into offices, bars, hotels and stores in six German cities. Three young Americans-Cecil Altmann, Robert S. Mackay, and John F. Herming-haus-pooled their savings and borrowed from...