Word: quit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trade protectionism. If Presidents are judged by what they achieved as measured against their stated objectives, says Crane, then James K. Polk, who vowed to acquire California, settle the Oregon dispute and reduce tariffs, leads all the rest. Polk also possessed the ability to abandon power without regret. He quit when he said he would-after one term...
Older employees at Fairchild are encouraged to persuade friends, neighbors, relatives and presumably passers-by on the street to quit their jobs and join the company that boasts "We Started It All"?in microelectronics and employee benefits. The bounty for a successful raid is $200 to $500, plus entry in the company sweepstakes. Prizes range from T shirts and dart boards to color TVs and trips to Tahiti and Mexico. Workers are given colorful promotion cards that announce the names of sweepstakes winners and, on the flip side, list some of the benefits of working for the company. Says...
...haven't seen this one yet, but we can imagine that it's just Peter Sellers up to his old tricks again. M. Clouseau on the trail of something or other, with all the attendant mania. Sellers is a very funny man who doesn't know how to quit while he's ahead...
...mother bought him a tape recorder when George was in the eighth grade and he started recording short comical skits--"news, sports, all the stuff that established my comedy"--and visions of radio and music and disc-jockey slick distracted Carlin from his studies. He eventually quit school...
...most of all, he has been a Yankee competitor. In evaluating his resignation yesterday, it is important to keep in mind how much he loved his job. With that in mind, it is clear that there must have been some mighty extenuating circumstances to make Martin quit the helm of the defending World Champs in the middle of a season, particularly after Steinbrenner had assured him of his job only three weeks before. Though the Yanks are way out now, anything can happen in six games, and it is not like Martin to quit. So Steinbrenner has finally killed...