Word: pacing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unsatisfactory" condition, and a fourth of those with warranties said that repair work was shoddy. Why so many beefs? Part of the trouble, according to the FTC, is in the assembly lines. Sales are moving too fast for the assemblers, much less the inspectors, to keep up with the pace. More than 25% of 1967-model cars were recalled for possible safety defects. That, says the FTC, "speaks very poorly for quality control...
...billion line of credit, without which Britain would be bankrupt, other nations have insisted that the country overcome its chronic habit of living beyond its means. Lately, under prodding from abroad, the British have been pondering whether to rely more on controlling the money supply to regulate the pace of business. During the second quarter of this year, the amount of money in circulation rose at the inflationary rate of 10% a year. Many economists now contend that this was an underlying cause of the worrisome consumer-spending spree. Argues London's influential weekly, the Economist: "The British government...
...Yale's helm, Brewster has guided the University one step further down this perilous course. For his boys, there will now be no more waiting in drab New Haven station for trainloads of weekend sex. They will no longer have to pace back and forth on the platform of Track 8, chewing their fingers and sweating in their pants. Instead, they will go blissfully about their daily business, because out of the blue sky of creation a Yale baby has been born...
...there are two major questions facing the Harvard harriers. One concerns the ability of sophomores Dave Pottetti and Tom Spengler to handle the crowded conditions and fast early pace of a large championship meet. Both reacted well in the Heps, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively. But there will be four times as many runners today, and more experienced runners have been known to get lost in the five-mile shuffle...
...have dispelled some of the gathering gloom. The Commerce Department reported that on a seasonally adjusted basis, exports exceeded imports by $282 million in September, triple the meager August surplus. The September bulge lifted the trade surplus for the first nine months of 1968 to $834 million. If the pace continues, predicted Assistant Commerce Secretary William H. Chartener, the U.S. should achieve a $1.5 billion surplus this year...