Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knows exactly what he is talking about. He is the recognized if not the revered leader in the most phenomenal field of U.S. law: personal injury. In the last ten years, average jury awards in personal-injury suits have soared by a spectacular 266%. His worst enemies admit, indeed insist, that flamboyant Melvin Belli, who has won more than 100 cases in the past decade with awards exceeding $100,000. is the lawyer most responsible...
Capitulation. The contagion of defiance spread from below ground to the surface. Passengers refused to board a London bus because it was "revoltingly grubby." The bus was promptly cleaned. Newspapers cheered on the mutineers. Cried the Sunday Graphic: "The time has come to insist on getting what you have paid for. In every place where the service is bad or inconsiderate, go and start a row. A big one. You'd be surprised how it pays off." Crowed the Sunday Dispatch: "The moral is-kick up a fuss wherever there is sloppiness or inefficiency. As big a fuss...
...than most professional men to spend at home, including the long summer vacation, much of this time in fact is spent either earning money to pay the plumber or working like a plumber." He mentions such mundanities, Riesman writes, "because I see a number of graduate students who doggedly insist on going into teaching because they feel that if they entered business they would condemn themselves to meanness and triviality...
...cleared in court last week for the pilots of American Airlines to strike-if they want. A New York federal judge lifted a restraining order that had prevented a walkout by the pilots, who want higher pay and shorter hours to fly American's new jets, insist that the third man in the cockpit be a pilot. The pilots announced that they would not walk out immediately, promised to give the public sufficient warning. One hopeful sign that the strike might be averted: the resumption of negotiations between American and the Air Line Pilots Association in Chicago...
Riesman also notes the advantage of the private study-bedroom on roommate relationships. The Quincy suite offers both "unity and solidarity." The modern student may be more sensitive to his roommate's feelings, less inclined to insist on an end to the rock 'n' roll session of the hi-fi; he may think Chem 20 less important than friendship. The new House saves him the burden of choosing between them...