Word: generalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...self-education and self-development." As Pravda puts it with typical elephantine grace, "To care about the cultural recreation of the people is, above all, to ensure the conditions making it possible for the working people to spend their free time in such a way as to raise their general cultural and professional level, to improve [themselves] physically and esthetically...
...rapidly expanding community mental-health movement. In addition to professional psychiatrists, crisis centers are staffed by a team, including nurses, social workers, lay therapists and clergymen. "The techniques we use are totally unrelated to psychoanalysis," says Dr. Barry Decker, director of clinical psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital. "The staff takes an active role with patients. Anyone on the team might be able to set up such a rapport that they could play checkers with a catatonic the doctor couldn't even make a dent...
Most industries turned in extremely mixed earnings performances. Among automakers, General Motors has this year-as usual-been running away with the frenetic sales race; G.M.'s volume rose 20% in the quarter and profits went up 25%. In a time of rising costs, however, static or slightly declining sales quite often have a disproportionately adverse effect on earnings. Ford suffered a 17% drop in profits on an 8% sales slide. While Chrysler's sales rose 1 %, its profits fell...
...manipulating his pawns on Wall Street, Bluhdorn acquired almost 10% of Armour before Billy could blink. In the nick of time, an ally, the Trustbusters, came to Billy's rescue and went after Bluhdorn with mace and chain. Bluhdorn wisely sold his interest in Armour to another power, General Host, whose ruler, iron-willed Richard Pistell, also coveted Prince's realm. Pistell offered Billy's shareholders a chance to trade Armour stock...
Enough for Both. To protect himself against General, Prince sought an alliance with still another empire, called Greyhound, which derived its power from transporting people in buses. Greyhound was willing to pay more than General, and Billy urged his supporters to accept its beneficence. Many of them did, but even more accepted General's new offer, which was even richer. Soon Greyhound owned one-third of Armour, and General more than half...