Word: placidness
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...unlikely rebel against this system. Founded in 1923 by a now deceased novelist, it is predictable, patriotic, and conservative. The cover of its November issue, on which the explosive 61-page "An Anatomy of Kakuei Tanaka, His Money and His Men" is noted in small type, shows five placid pigeons pecking away amid fallen autumn leaves. Bungei-Shunju's 700,000 readers typically buy the magazine for its reportage, fiction and travel articles. Bungei-Shunju has only ten editorial staffers, and major pieces are written by freelancers...
...weak, and after 20 minutes of deliberation, a jury in York, Pa., acquitted James Howard of the mutilation-murder of another York man. Within hours the case against a co-defendant was discontinued for lack of evidence. Thus ended a proceeding that had caused a sensation in the old, placid factory town (pop. 50,335) just west of the Susquehanna...
Hubert Mills did not care who set the fire; to him it was an almost crushing tragedy. A placid and grandfatherly 80-year-old man, Mills had owned and operated the small general goods store in Byhalia for more than 50 years. He held no animosity for any person or any group in town. He said he could understand and even sympathize with the demands of the blacks, as well as the position of the whites. His reason for not signing the petition was that it would do no good, solve no problems. "You can force them off the street...
...Hardly Placid. Greenspan had something of a point. The stock market's slump has dried up commissions and devastated the brokerage business. Last year the number of registered representatives shrank from 40,000 to 36,000, and layoffs have accelerated gravely since then. Many salesmen are forced to take part-time jobs as bartenders, models and retail clerks. Yet understandably, Greenspan's remark touched sensitive nerves...
While less volatile, the other minisummits have thus far been hardly placid. Each economic group has concentrated almost exclusively on its own interests. Businessmen asked for more generous depreciation allowances, fewer environmental controls and an easing of federal safety rules on the job. Many farmers demanded a return to subsidies. Builders wanted lower interest rates and more mortgage money. Union leaders called for higher wages and more federal spending to generate jobs. "I've heard a great deal about belt tightening, but the trouble is, everybody wants to tighten someone else's belt," cracks Congressman Thomas S. Foley...