Word: outfitted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same time Adams has tactical advantages over Hughes. There was no war in 1962; consequently it was harder to convince voters of the importance of the peace issue. Hughes, moreover, had no base from which to build his campaign. Adams has an outfit called Mass Pax, or Political Action for Peace, the outgrowth of the Hughes organization. Unlike Hughes, Adams is running as a Democrat, and his campaign is directed toward the September 13 Democratic Primary when he will oppose Mayor John Collins and former Governor Endicott Peabody. Hughes, an independent, faced stiffer November opposition in the form of Edward...
...bride-to-be's bedroom, where, as Luci popped out of the adjoining sitting room wearing one or another of the gowns under consideration, her mother would nibble a sandwich and sip ice tea between such comments as "A lovely neckline" or "That detail is pretty." One outfit prompted Lady Bird to exclaim: "That's an elegant dress-the kind you would hand down to your grandchildren." And that was the one Luci selected. The design (an exclusive from Dallas' Neiman-Marcus) will be kept top secret, Luci fervently hopes, until high noon of her wedding...
Such corporate happiness could be catching. It has already caught on with the people at the Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Richmond, Va. Fidelity has laid out $23,000 to outfit 117 employees with identical wardrobes because, as Fidelity's President Harold J. Richards explains, "it furthers our esprit de corps...
...problems are mostly about pay, not politics. "The wage rate," says one RMK-BRJ official, "is the most explosive issue facing this outfit." Surprisingly, the combine wants to pay more but cannot. The wage lid is being held down tight by both the U.S. embassy and the Vietnamese government, not only to frustrate inflation but also to keep the U.S. combine from hiring sorely needed skilled workers away from Vietnamese employers, who pay up to 23% more. Under their U.S. Government cost-plus fixed-fee contracts, RMK-BRJ's wage scales are pegged at 1957 levels; machinists start...
...year ago." Crimson Coach Harry Parker said last night at Red Top. Conn., "but that shouldn't surprise anyone. In '65 we had an outstanding crew composed almost entirely of veterans. I don't really know how fast this boat is, but I think it's a good outfit...