Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figures would be good," said Assistant Commerce Secretary William Shaw. "I just didn't expect them to be that good." Even April sales of autos showed a sharp increase for the first ten days of this month. Chrysler reported a 25% rise, struggling American Motors had an 8% gain, and General Motors improved sales by 5%. Only Ford was still off with a 9% decline from last year. "People," said Pontiac General Sales Manager Thomas L. King, "walk into showrooms now in a buying rather than a looking mood...
...Germans make better nuclear physicists than Americans, why an American is repulsed when a foreigner carries on a conversation only three inches from the American's face, why there is such widespread distaste for the war in Vietnam, why some Arabs wear alarm clocks in their turbans to gain status...
...have candid interviews with ordinary people, Lederer uses unconventional techniques. In Thailand, for example, he and his student interpreters go to a "noodle stand" -- an after-work social club--where, Lederer will have his palm read (an obsession among Thais) to gain peoples' trust and "to show them that you are not trying to catch them." After his palm has been read, Lederer, with the help of his students, reads palms himself and starts asking questions. "When I ask a man what he would most like to win, he may say a lottery, so that he will have some money...
...tactics: The sit-in, the teach-in, the mass meeting or the march covered by the press and TV have given some students new weapons, in addition to the older petition and picket line and strike, to call attention of the public at large to their views. They can gain potency through the headlines and TV screens. They can communicate with each other quickly across the nation about their concerns. They can travel readily. They can have a loose network of friendships and contacts. As a consequence, they can concentrate their talents and their attention at selected pressure points quite...
...mouth-disease restrictions and Mexican law allowed them to trickle north of the border only periodically. Nonetheless, the creamy-white, deep-chested Charolais quickly caught on with U.S. cattlemen because they are one of the world's heaviest breeds. They grow faster than most cattle; after weaning, many gain 100 lbs. a month. Two years ago, there were 30,000 purebred Charolais in the U.S. Today, there are nearly 50,000, plus another 200,000 crossbreeds...