Word: mightier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though Waterman's founder, L. E. Waterman, developed the first practical fountain pen in 1884, the company no longer makes them. U.S. ballpoint-pen sales, however, today nearly match those of lead pencils. By 1970, Adler insists, the ballpoint pen will be mightier than the pencil...
Expecting the Worst. Israel's defense forces are built to meet the worst possible combination that could be put against them, but no one expects a combined, integrated offensive by all its neighbors right now. Though Israel is far mightier than it was a decade ago at Sinai, Premier Eshkol still vows to investigate every avenue of diplomacy before striking another punitive blow against terrorism. At home, Eshkol is burdened with an economic recession and the highest rate of unemployment (9%) in more than a decade. In the U.N., he has already been censured by the Security Council...
Still, it is a fair start toward a writing career. Elli is now on parole and working on a new book. Meanwhile, Hollywood is offering him $150,000 for the movie rights to The Riot. Obviously, the ex-convict has found that the word is mightier than...
...mighty Société Générale de Belgique, a supercombine that controls a fourth of Belgium's industry and half of the Congo's, is growing mightier still. Last week it announced that its Banque de la Société Générale, by far the largest bank in Belgium, would gobble up two other banks, the Banque d'Anvers and the Société Belge de Banque. The combine's banking subsidiary will thereby increase its deposits by nearly 20% to more than $2 billion...
...Mightier Than the Ford. Now he is shooting for pennant No. 3, with a curious collection of castoffs and youngsters that Lopez calls "the best-balanced team I have ever coached." Last week the injury-ridden Yanks (TIME, May 14) were languishing in eighth place, taking their lumps from the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Outfielder Roger Maris was still out with a pulled muscle in his thigh; Catcher Elston Howard, his right arm in a cast, was earning his keep as a TV announcer. Star Pitcher Whitey Ford (1964 record: 17-6) lost his fourth straight game...