Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After his son's death, Eisenhower returned to duty, burying his grief in work. The rewards were scarcely commensurate with the efforts. Ike's rise up the promotion ladder was painfully slow. In 1922, he was transferred to the Canal Zone?an inhospitable place in those days?where he became executive officer to Brigadier General Fox Conner, commander of the 20th Infantry Battalion. Next to Eisenhower's parents, Conner was probably the strongest influence in his life, introducing him for the first time to the serious study of military history and strategy. At West Point, Eisenhower remembered with distaste, this...
...Beaufort County, S. C. black children with worms might have a success quotient of 90 based on performance of adults from this sort of situation who somehow scrambled up the ladder. A black 100 score in this county would indicate a ESQ of potential genius...
...foreign policy," and the hastily built new headquarters of the alliance on the edge of Brussels was his first stop next morning. Close behind him were Secretary of State William Rogers and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. Though protocol places Kissinger (TIME cover, Feb. 14) well down the ladder, he was virtually inseparable from the President. Kissinger has long been disturbed by U.S. inattention to Europe, and he was Nixon's key consultant throughout the tour. To the 15 ambassadors from NATO's member nations, Nixon proposed that after 20 years the alliance "must replace the unity...
...basic old industries like primary metals and insurance offer some of the lowest salaries in U.S. business. Reasons: they have always done so, and their earnings tend to be modest. Railroads, insurance firms and public utilities are also at the bottom end of the ladder, largely because they are heavily regulated by Government, which limits profits. In addition, companies in the low-paying industries often favor a committee form of decision making that minimizes risk and personal initiative. They tend to promote from within; security and seniority are highly regarded. By contrast, industries that seek executives from the outside...
Sometimes the contribution made by anthropometry is quite modest. Because stewardesses are wearing short skirts these days, for example, engineers working on McDonnell Douglas' new DC-10 air bus have designed the emergency ladder leading from the lower service level to the abovedeck public cabin with rungs that are relatively far apart. "If dresses get long again," says a company spokesman, "we can always change ladders." A more far-reaching chore is that of doing something about bathtubs, which might make a lot more sense if they were equipped with reclining backs, more handholds and nonslip surfaces. The number...