Word: quits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brought it off was the brilliant young (37) technocrat Finance Minister Félix Gaillard, who made it clear that either France would live closer to its means or that he would quit. He first demanded that his fellow ministers slash 600 billion francs ($1.7 billion) from their next year's spending plans (TIME, Aug. 12). The Defense Minister spoke reassuringly of sticking "to my best estimates." Retorted Gaillard: "I cannot accept any estimates, I need guarantees." Sighed the Labor Minister: "He must settle-this crisis at any cost. If we allow Félix Gaillard to walk...
...eyed Walter Bonatti had tried it ("I climb mountains because I am afraid of them, and conquest of fear is one of man's greatest needs"). Bonatti ranks among the world's finest mountaineers, is certainly one of the toughest. A Lombard laborer's son, he quit his steel mill job at 19 to become an Alpine guide and ski instructor. In 1954 he was the youngest member of the triumphant Himalayan expedition up K2. The next year he performed a fine one-man climb up Mont Blanc's Aiguille du Dru, survived six days...
...same way: "You can't buy a solution to the farm problem by spending more and more money. So why don't they stop trying, before the city people rise up in arms?" Says Indiana Farm Editor (Indianapolis News') Frank Salzarulo: "It's time to quit being average or quit farming. Most farmers are willing to junk the program completely...
When I asked my husband why he did not quit smoking in view of all the adverse reports about it, he said he needed "something of value" to replace it. What do you suggest...
...asked to do was to be more moderate about it. No doctor ever told me I should stop. But for me it was easier to stop [in 1949], and I will only say this: I really believe if a person turns their mind to something else and quits pitying themselves about it, they won't find it nearly as hard to quit smoking as they think...