Word: frets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sparrow, a human sort of bird who is forever quarreling with Mrs. Sparrow over trivial war annoyances. Each week, after a tiff, he flies off in a fret to his club or the Other Sparrow while a tear trickles down Mrs. Sparrow's beak...
...Rukeyser quotes from William James. "Wait till we're dead twenty years. Look at the way they're now treating poor Willard Gibbs, who during his lifetime car hardly have been considered any great shakes at New Haven." Readers unable to place (Josiah) Willard Gibbs need not fret about it. Paradoxically, Gibbs is perhaps best known for his obscurity, a personal blackout which has become legendary. Professors, publicists, prominent Yale men for years have publicly confessed ignorance of Yale's most distinguished son. But by those in the know he has been acclaimed repeatedly...
This week newly crowned Bob Young was feeling too chipper to fret over problems. In light blue silk lounging pajamas, he was relaxing in his Waldorf Towers apartment. Said he of his three new railroad presidents: "They have my wholehearted endorsement." Said he of himself: "I guess I'm sitting...
Trained to the quarterdeck, he likes only to get jobs done; to heck with people who pause to ponder, fret or quibble. But -as one of his fellow commissioners pointed out last week-proper organization and supervision of work also has its part to play in cutting loafing and that is a management problem...
...plus side, many a factory manager has found that when women are good they are better than men. They are more painstaking as inspectors, are nimbler with their fingers, don't fret or get bored with repetitious work, are generally quicker, are particularly good in assembling small parts. Feminine dexterity acts as a speedup in many a plant where men are challenged to work harder in competition...