Word: knacks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...earlier generation of steelmakers; of pleurisy complicated by uremia; in Ligonier, Pa. Born the son of an immigrant Welsh coal miner, he got his first taste of capitalism as a newsboy, worked his way to an engineering degree, climbed rapidly with common-sense solutions to production problems and a knack for mediating high-level disputes. As president of U.S. Steel from 1938 to 1953 and board chairman from 1952 to 1955, he mellowed Big Steel's attitude to organized labor, increased U.S. Steel's massive capacity by nearly 35% while effectively defending bigness in steel to become known...
...Viet Nam. Meanwhile, the best thing to hope for was to keep a neutral Laos cordoned off from Red China or Russia as long as possible. To this end, the famous "three princes" were to form a new, neutral government. This left two facts out of account: the native knack for turning seemingly simple plans into complex situations, and the unwillingness on the part of many Laotians to be neutral as prescribed...
...Jelly Sandwiches. For one thing, there was a joint birthday party for Caroline Kennedy, just turning four, and John Jr., 1. On hand were 15 friends and cousins-along with a woolly black monkey named Susie. Hostess Jacqueline Kennedy had hoped to borrow a Baltimore Zoo chimpanzee with a knack for drawing pictures, but she learned that the artist-animal was undependable around children. So Susie was invited instead. She shook hands with the children and mimicked them. After the monkey came other party treats, such as tricycling in the marbled White House corridors and watching animated cartoons...
...rustic existence with some small change and a reinforced conviction that New York is indeed nice to visit but no place to live. This unfortunate pattern results largely from the fact that what is most interesting in New York is often most difficult to find, and the knack of living both well and at the same time inexpensively in this most varied and wealthy of cities is not easily acquired. The purpose here is not reiterate the usual sites but rather to direct visitor's attention to some of The City's more unique and lesser known attractions...
Percolating Sales. But the consumers are listening. Using U.S. market research techniques, Young & Rubicam knocked on doors, found that Germans believe Americans have a knack for brewing the world's tastiest coffee. Result: Y. & R. started advertising Maxwell House coffee as "America's Favorite Coffee," and sales have soared. After another Y. & R. ad campaign, R.J. Reynolds' Overstolz cigarette pulled out of a slump to become the only big-selling nonfilter smoke on the West German market...