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Steelworkers and their wives, Lubell found, have sharply noted that price increases follow close behind wage increases. "Everything else goes up and you're no better off," said one worker. "Wage increases are as useless as fuzz on a frog," said another. Instead of higher wages, says Lubell, many steelworkers would prefer "additional fringe benefits, such as expanded hospitalization, paid-up insurance, and-the one demand with the strongest support-a lower retirement age with more generous pensions...
...needed display of depth, untouted junior Bill Rose and sophomore Dave Ottaway swept first and second place in the 50 yd. free-style. Bill Schellsteade, a frog-kicker, scored another surprising first in the 200 yd. butterfly in 2:32.2 against dolphin-kicking Nitton Jervey. Hunter, after swimming in the relay, went on to take the 100 yd. free-style...
...Patriotic," "kindly," "gentle," "sweet" and "generous" are the words that his family and friends use. His children know that he can be tender, for we have seen him rock each of his twelve grandchildren in turn, singing their favorite song, Frog Went a-Courtin'. Won't that surprise some of his colleagues on the Hill, who think he eats cactus for breakfast...
Author Henderson's literal translation -"Old pond:/ frog jumpin/ water-sound" -mirrors the surface picture beneath which lies Poet Bashó's elusive hidden meaning...
Shaping up for the new TV season, frog-voiced Arthur Godfrey, with familiar humility, let three oldtime helpers out of the pond. No longer little Godfreys: easygoing Singer Janette Davis, since 1956 producer of Arthur's low-rated Talent Scouts show; her husband, Frank Musiello, associate producer of the same program; Robert Bleyer, director of both Talent Scouts and Godfrey's morning two-hour TV sales pitch...