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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Spirit of '73. As president of the Firemen, Gilbert has been simply a preserver of past union gains. In a speech to a Brotherhood convention two weeks ago, he characteristically called upon the members to confront the crisis of '63 with the "spirit of '73." He meant...
Fireman Gilbert can intone plenty of arguments against removing firemen from diesel locomotives-he has had a lot of practice at that. "Practical railroaders," he says, "rate the locomotive fireman as the most valuable safety factor available to the industry. His presence has meant the difference between disaster and saving lives and property on many occasions...
Down for the Third Time? The tone of the Rockefeller statement indicated that he meant it to be a bomb, but it proved to be a bomb only in the show-business sense-a dud. Few Republican politicians even gave Rocky credit for being genuinely concerned about the direction of the G.O.P. Most of them appeared to think he was really concerned about his own political future rather than the party's. Even politicians who agreed with him that the influence of the radical right presents a danger to the Republican Party nonetheless assumed that he was politicking...
...Marshall. Most common complaint is a byproduct of Frommer's very success: hotels and restaurants recommended by the book soon become American hangouts, then hike their prices. Last week in Paris one proud hotelier told Frommer: "It is your book which bought this elevator." But the new lift meant higher rentals, and Frommer sadly made a note to drop the hotel from the next edition...
Wall Street is more than just a seven-block thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan: it is also a marketplace for 17 million investing Americans, a worldwide symbol of capitalism, and a national pool of money from which American business draws its financial sustenance. The Street has meant profit for many investors and grief for some, and since World War II has raised $43 billion for the expansion and modernization of U.S. industry. Any man can buy a piece of what Wall Street offers with a down payment of as little as $2, but the men who really run the Street, says...