Word: quite
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...competitor never understands when he has had enough," he says. "It was this sort of drive in my case." After the fact, he has reformed, now puts emphasis on the title "emeritus." He quit smoking. For exercise, he jogs in place beside his bed each morning, then performs calisthenics. He plans to resume tennis next spring, already takes regular walks. "And walking," he added at week's end on vacation in Hyannis, Mass., "is becoming increasingly possible because I no longer give a damn whether I get somewhere in a hurry...
Kennan thinks it was a mistake for the U.S. ever to have become involved there. As he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a precipitate withdrawal would be an even greater mistake. His advice: quit escalating and give diplomacy a chance to settle...
...demonstrators questioned Leavitt aggressively on napalm, Dow, and the war, until one protestor shouted, "Quit badgering him." Leavitt, a research chemist himself, said he didn't know enough about the war or Dow's policies to answer the questions. After a five-minute confrontation, he and Vanelli disappeared back into the conference room...
...doctor and his colleagues have also put 65 human patients on cho- lestyramine. The patients take two packets of powder in a glass of water three times a day before meals. Almost half of the 65 have been bothered at first by constipation, though only two have quit the test because of that. All patients have shown marked reductions not only in blood cholesterol but in other circulating fats that, in excess, may be still more damaging...
...company's name was changed in 1958 to Monogram Industries to cover a rapidly growing hodgepodge of products. Stone wanted to eliminate some and focus attention on one or two products. His boss balked, so Stone quit...