Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strength is the love of the people," is the motto of the Glicksburg dynasty from which Constantine springs. No Greek king should take it too seriously. The army is the royal source of strength in Greece. Constantine had on his side some of the generals who had won their stars by royal favor, but he underestimated the degree to which the junta had won the junior officers over to its side. Constantine also miscalculated his own popularity among the people. Danes, not Greeks, the royal family draws a $566,000 annual income in a land that, despite recent economic progress...
Refund the Difference. Sir Bernard took over in 1955, expanded operations, notably by opening 15 supermarkets, but kept to the company motto, "Never knowingly undersold." Any customer who finds an item he bought at John Lewis selling for less elsewhere can get a refund of the difference. In line with its low-price policy, John Lewis has fought retail price fixing for decades. Only last summer the company had it out with the makers of Cadbury's chocolate, and sweet-toothed Britons gleefully watched the retail price of candy crumble...
...modest, retiring man, Maersk McKinney MØller credits his success to two things: his grandfather's star and his father's motto: "No detail is too small. No effort too great...
...boots and other psychedelic cowboy garb that they sometimes look like three times as many people, Cream go beyond oddness into originality. In a genre that is virtually defined by vocal effects alone, their slashing, blues-steeped sound is mainly instrumental; they even use their voices like instruments. Their motto: "Forget the message, forget the lyrics; just play...
...much hope for the Belt foes, since the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads usually approves such state recommendations automatically. The opponents of the Belt, however, vowed to carry the fight to Washington in an effort to get the BPR to over-rule the state's decision. Under the motto "Cam-is NOT a highway," over 100 of them journeyed to Washington in late May to meet with Federal Roads Commissioner Lowell K. Bridwell, Senators Kennedy and Brooke, and their representative, Thomas P. O'Neill (D. Gamb.). They were received in a friendly, but non-committal...