Word: postings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more people do not realize where the real blame lies instead of looking for scapegoats and excuses, if more do not condemn this and every war, then this whole mass post-mortem will have been in vain...
...major institutions of post-industrial society-corporations, unions and governments-will probably not escape the virus of what Herbert Marcuse calls "the absolute refusal." Eventually, the nation may find civil service bureaucrats ignoring policy decisions they disagree with; reporters and editors may seek veto power over editorial decisions, as has happened in Europe; factory workers will reject the monotony of the assembly line. Employees at all levels will demand that corporate goals mesh with their personal goals, and socially irresponsible companies will not be able to attract talent. "People will have to be recognized as individuals," says French Futurist Bertrand...
...everywhere. Visitors to the recent Canton trade fair report that a huge tunnel complex has been built beneath the city that will enable downtown residents to flee to the relative safety of White Cloud Hill nine miles away. Washington discounts rumors that the Chinese have chiseled an elaborate command post out of 12,000-ft. mountains in Szechwan province as a refuge for Chairman Mao Tse-tung and his deputy Lin Piao in the event of an attack. But U.S. sources have been told that underground headquarters have been dug in almost every province...
After he was kidnaped from his Cadillac in Rio and held captive for 77 hours last September, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil C. Burke Elbrick suggested that Washington might want to transfer him to another post. The ambassador argued that he was indebted to the Brazilian junta (which freed 15 political prisoners to obtain his release) and therefore could no longer be effective. The State Department decided otherwise. Recalling that Nelson Rockefeller had earned high marks for machismo by doggedly continuing his South American tour despite a violent reception, Foggy Bottom ordered Elbrick to stay on because it would...
...dizzy spells when he took a header on a bath mat, injured his inner ear, and had to pull out of the race. That was 1964. This time, the first American to orbit the earth will take no chances. John Glenn, 48, announced that he will seek the post to be vacated by Young's retirement. "It will be the dirtiest campaign ever," he promised. "I won't take a bath...