Word: jacob
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grimy, torn portrait of an aged, slightly paunchy George Washington that for years had been hanging around New Bedford, Mass. The local Boys Club, which owned it, lent it in the 1950s to the town's First National Bank, which put it in storage. That deeply upset Jacob Rubin, 82, a Russian-born furniture maker, who was worried that the painting was "going to wrack and ruin." On behalf of the Boys Club-of which he is a director and benefactor-Rubin tried to sell the portrait. He got no takers-even after he lowered his price...
...which makes little difference to Jacob Rubin. Says he: "I was offended that no one-not even American-born citizens-wanted to buy the painting." George Washington, he feels, deserves better than a dark, deserted storage vault-no matter who painted his likeness...
...legislation also had its share of defenders. Said New York Republican Senator Jacob Javits: "This bill represents the very least we can do for those workers who cannot protect themselves and their families from the erosion in their living standards caused by inflation." It is probably premature to say for sure whether organized labor's victory on minimum wage presages a resurgence of union influence in Congress. But one thing is certain. The increasingly powerful business lobby is not likely to let itself be so obviously outmaneuvered in any future congressional confrontation...
Teddy Tong, Andy Calkins and Stephanie Jacob--Dunster Library...
...potent combination of sentiment, shrewdness and pure political muscle whisked the bill through the House, and it seems destined to pass the Senate as well, either at the end of this session or early next year. Indeed, Senator Jacob Javits, 73, is preparing an amendment that would completely phase out mandatory retirement over a five-year period. This abrupt, stunning legislative success is the hallmark of another revolt in America, this time by the aged. The 1960s was the decade of aroused youth; the 1970s may well belong to their grandparents. Some 23 million Americans, about 10% of the population...