Word: productivity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alexander Cadogan (rhymes with pa-DUG-in) was the guardian of the British Empire, a product of Eton and Oxford, a veteran of four decades in the diplomatic service. Cool, clipped, careful, the former Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs stayed in the background at open sessions. In closed sessions, he was most firm 'in holding the line against the Russians...
Though the Borough of The Bronx already boasted the Yankee Stadium and the world's biggest zoo, New Yorkers toiled like stage hands to fix it up with a world capital as well. The finished product was flossier, in a restrained, global way, than either El Morocco or Club "21," and could be reached by both the I.R.T. and Independent subways. But any resemblance to Versailles, The Hague or Geneva was purely coincidental...
...opposed to the faculty action of last December when restricting tutorial to honors candidates and Sophomores in Group Four and above, it strongly supported the view of the 1939 Committee of Eight, in its belief that "the future of tutoring at Harvard should not be a mere by-product of changes made for reasons of finance or personnel, but should be judged in its own right and planned with a view to the maximum efficiency...
...subtle and sophisticated comedy are hereby warned to take cover! Hope and Crosby, those merry knights of the open road, are here again in another of their wonderfully wacky travelogues. And whether their destination is Zanzibar, Morocco, or Utopia, (in this case the gold-laden Klondike), the end-product is the game: a trite but entertaining concoction of gay repartee, old-fashioned slapstick, and straight Iowa corn...
Those who remembered Designer Buckminster Fuller's "Dymaxion-Dwelling Machine" of 19 years ago could see basic similarities in his latest product. A 36-foot round aluminum shell was suspended on a central stainless steel mast, firmly anchored and capped by a rudderlike ventilator, which turns with the wind. Inside, the house was unexpectedly spacious: two bedrooms,, two baths, a large living room with fireplace, kitchen and some built-in furniture. A heating and air-conditioning unit, operated by either gas or electricity, was neatly stowed away in the innards, along with most of the plumbing. (Bucky Fuller...