Word: keeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people and weekly newsmagazines keep up this drivel about "national purpose," they may soon have to openly recognize what America really is: not a nation with something resembling a cohesive national philosophy, cultural depth, and direction, but simply a place where one comes to exploit economic opportunities, with about as much "national purpose" as a stock exchange. What America stands for is making money, and as the society approaches affluence its members are left to stew in their own ennui...
...those who are waiting anxiously for the Category of Flaws, they can keep on waiting. They were probably there, but they seem to fade into the background amidst the gaiety and fun. If you're looking for a really happy evening, this...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1--The Antarctic Pact--a pledge to keep the great frozen continent at peace--was signed today by 12 nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union. The treaty bans war bases, nuclear explosions and missile sites forever from a vast south polar region covering five million square miles...
...showed 12,490,000 individual shareholders of record, up from 8,630,000 in 1956. The number of stockholders is now bigger than the number of factory workers. One in every four U.S. households gets a dividend check or checks v. one in seven only seven years ago. To keep the checks going, U.S. corporations are declaring dividends at a rate approaching $14 billion a year, against $9 billion...
Overriding all is what Hall wryly calls his "ten-point program'' for sales success: the first nine points are distribution. To get his cards into the stores and keep them there, he set up a sales system that replaced the helter-skelter collection of boxes under the counter with a long display rack that put the selection out in the open. Hallmark sells the display racks to retailers at cost, also assumes responsibility for keeping the store's stock-both from Hallmark and from competitors-up-to-date, re-ordering when the cards...