Word: gain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...since the start of the Kennedy Administration is minuscule compared to the rise in income: "You take 9 from 49 and that's 40% left for Molly and the babies."* Resurrecting the specter of Depression breadlines and soup kitchens, he roared that the Democrats would register "a net gain" in the November elections. Johnson seemed excited and exhilarated, as he always is by crowds, but even Newark's Democratic Mayor Hugh Addonizio had left the scene before the presidential motorcade pulled away. L.B.J. had badly mispronounced his name...
Callaway, having opened his campaign in October with a speech blasting the Sanders administration, stated a week later that he would "continue the honest administration of Carl Sanders and Ernie Vandiver," in a flagrant move to gain moderate votes. But moderates still believe that Bo is just a Lester without a Pickrick stick...
Breath Catching. Stage center on campus does not mean an occasional chamber-music get-together in the faculty lounge, but frequent, fully promoted performances before large audiences in gleaming new theaters. In return, the schools gain status and expert faculty material. "Universities now realize that experience under fire is more important than an academic degree," says Pittsburgh Symphony Flutist Bernard Goldberg, who teaches part time at Duquesne University. "Musicians who have been required to perform consistently under high standards can impart information not ordinarily found in textbooks...
That show ran on NBC for 14 years and won a number of prestigious awards be fore NBC capriciously dumped it. It turns out now that the kids' loss is the grownups' gain. The opening Experiment and the seven others to follow are modest masterpieces that even the least scientifically minded viewer can find clear and compelling...
More Strain Than Gain. The draft, and the tendency of more and more students to stay in college to preserve their draft-free status, are heightening the already severe labor shortage. Motorola Corp. Chairman Robert Galvin last week cited the labor squeeze as a prime reason why the company's earnings are expected to drop in this year's second half. To recruit, some companies resort to blind mailings; Automatic Electric Co. recently sent letters to people living near its Chicago plant, asking, "Are you happy with your job?" By contrast, the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. has more...