Word: jam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...check to see you haven't forgotten your grandmother.'' But nobody expected the campaign to do much good. While forgetfulness is much to blame, so is overcrowding. Every day, 36 million Japanese ride the trains, 4,200,000 in Tokyo alone. At rush hours, 350 commuters jam into cars designed for 100, helped by brawny students who are paid 150 yen (42?) an hour to stand on the platform and shoehorn people inside. When the doors open, the scrimmage begins; cracked ribs are not uncommon. In such circumstances, the passenger's first concern...
...Though the government offers massive incentives to industries willing to settle in the north, it has had little success. In Birmingham or London, Britons do not have to be told that they never had it so good. The message is in every store window, crowded restaurant and shiny traffic jam...
...that they will be one huge, headachy city. These urban areas already comprise better than 20% of the nation's population, account for almost 30% of U.S. manufacturing, 20% of its retail trade and 27% of the federal income tax take-and make for a horrible, continuing traffic jam...
...stodgy sport dominated by older men, Dancer is still regarded as something of an upstart. But the $2 betters who jam the Eastern tracks admire Dancer's aggressive racing tactics ("I like to get out front fast and stay there"), crowd the paddock before each race pleading: "Hey, Dancer! You feelin! O.K. tonight! Hey, Dancer! Win us a few, huh?" His eight-year-old gelding, Su Mac Lad, has won more money ($567,849) than any other trotter in history, in 1961 became the only U.S. horse to win the Roosevelt International, and two weeks ago was named...
...past year Japanese businessmen have woefully claimed that they are in the throes of recession. But to anyone else, Japan's condition sounds more like a boom. Gleaming new buildings are rising in every major Japanese city and more new cars join the Tokyo traffic jam every day. Consumer income in Japan is up 10% from last year, consumer spending up 9%, and even industrial output, which in any other country must point down or there is no recession...