Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boycott and nonviolence. In London, a few Labor M.P.s cautiously questioned whether it had been necessary to act quite so forcefully. "Better to be in good time than too late," replied Winston Churchill. That seemed to be exactly the view of the U.S. State Department, which issued a prompt statement declaring itself "gratified" at the "firm action" against a Communist bid for power within the U.S.'s vital strategic zone...
...process developed by the University of Pittsburgh's Dr. Jonas E. Salk (TIME, Feb. 9). Since the first announcement of his work, Dr. Salk said last week, 474 more subjects, both children and adults, have received the vaccine with no ill effects, and in most cases, with a prompt and dramatic increase in the blood-borne antibodies which give protection against polio. Cautious Dr. Salk made no claim that he had found the answer to the perils and paralysis of polio. There may be several ways of producing a safe and inexpensive polio vaccine, he said, but none...
...mistake-makers that somehow or other keep on making the same mistakes again and again and again..." All of them are emotionally disturbed. "It is taken as a matter of course that cut fingers, broken arms and upset stomachs should have immediate attention. But it is seldom realized that prompt handling of an employee's emotional problems is an equally important factor in the prevention of serious mental ills...
...medical profession, Brown spelled out his definition of good public relations as: "Prompt, courteous, efficient service made available 24 hours a day and 365 days a year." And, he added, "good public relations is something like making love-you have to participate in it if you expect to get much satisfaction...
...Prompt and courtly was the Prophet Jones's reply: "Your Godliness ... I ... know the chassis of your mind has been carried up into a divine cosmic lubritorium. I herewith graciously, humbly and sincerely, yet royally, accept your invitation to attend...