Word: peg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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George Ortman constructs more than he paints. His multilevel assemblages are children's toys of pegs and holes, painstakingly put together in a jigsaw manner. Each form is separately cut out and inserted into the frame as an illustration of the frustrating search for the round peg to fit the square hole...
Henry J. Kaiser, 80, and his son Edgar, 54, have entered into a unique agreement with the Steelworkers union, believing that the best way to keep labor costs reasonable is to peg them to production costs. Last week Kaiser Steel Corp. released the first results of its radical new bonus plan, under which workers divvy up 32.5% of whatever the company saves by cutting costs or increasing productivity. To 3,930 employees went bonuses averaging $79 each for March, when the company was able to save $962,000 against expenses in 1961, the base year. Bonuses ranged from...
Then, Army really swung into action. Bilodeau took a long lead at first, and the cleaver Cadet hurler fired his pickoff peg to first. The Cadets had Bilodeau trapped in a rundown. Happily, they for-got about Gilmor at third, who took off for the plate...
...Robe, the first CinemaScope spectacle. "It is the bane of my life," he says. "Whenever a fan comes up to me and says, 'I enjoyed you in ..." I wince, and wait. It's almost always The Robe. The picture was rubbish. It was written as if for Peg's Paper*It was tastelessly sentimental, and badly acted by me." How did he like The Rains of Ran-chipur? "Beyond human belief." Bitter Victory? "Anonymous." Edna Ferber's Ice Palace? "A cold Giant...
...Peg Birch's choreography was clever and made amazingly good use of the cramped stage. Easily maneuvering as many as 20 persons in graceful patterns, Miss Birch also seemed to be poking fun at musical dance numbers with some ludicrous scenes, usually involving the irrepressible Breyer...