Word: growingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plan that is most envied, condemned and imitated was started by Jean Monnet in 1946 to rebuild war-torn France. A 30-man Commissariat du Plan-working with reports on demand and capacity from 3,500 businessmen, unionists, economists and educators-now estimates how fast France can and should grow. The current goal is 5½% annually through 1965, and to reach it the commissariat "suggests" investment and output levels for each major industry and producer. The theory: if appliance makers can be led to expect a 5½% increase in consumer demand, they will increase production and, in turn...
...young. In fact, the author said himself, in a Time magazine interview last year, that his true audience is "too small to take my books off the shelf." Salinger's world is like fairyland in its unreality; no unpleasant adult conflicts disturb the wonderful Glasses as they grow up. Reliance on ritual is a characteristic of the childish mentality: every cigarette lighting, tie knotting, or tea drinking is a ritual to the Glasses. The temple is the bathroom (which serves as a set for the major portion of the story "Zooey"), and gospel is scrawled on the mirror with...
...Lamont men do not know for sure, but they say that the suddenness of the change rules out the rise of new mountain ranges that might have interfered with the free circulation of the atmosphere. That speculation, long popular among scientists, is no longer satisfactory; mountains simply do not grow fast enough...
...only group that stands to profit from the Internal Revenue Service's new ruling on expense account spending is the nation's credit card companies. Already a $425 million-a-year business, the card companies-led by Diners' Club. American Express, and Carte Blanche-hope to grow still bigger by trading on an unusual commodity: embarrassment. Since IRS Commissioner Mortimer Caplin has ruled that expense account items for entertainment costing $25 or more must be substantiated, they are counting on businessmen to avoid the unpleasantness of asking for a receipt in front of guests by flashing...
...crowds in the raw behave much the same, Canetti argues, whether they form for feasts, funerals, rebellions or lynchings. They have a demoniacal urge to grow and an equally demoniacal urge to battle an opposing crowd. Rummaging through history, Canetti cites some gory examples of crowd behavior to support his thesis. Crowds that form for the most exalted reasons can become the most murderous. Typical was an Easter service in Jerusalem in 1834. The faithful flocked to the church by the thousands to see the descent of the Holy Fire. When the "miraculous" fire appeared, people were in a frenzy...