Word: reckonings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That's a younger man's job." But at 53, in good health and belonging to a family noted for longevity, Nelson Rockefeller can certainly look forward to 1964, to 1968 or even beyond. And as of now, he is plainly the man to reckon with in the Republican Party. Recently, in the course of campaigning, he was received into the Hawk clan of the Seneca Nation and given a new name: Sagoyewatha. It means "He Keeps Them Awake"-and it somehow seems appropriate to Nelson Rockefeller's present position in his party...
First Ride. Gary Cooper could have played Joe Walker. Walking as though he were wearing cowboy boots. Walker lards his speech with sounds like "Yup," "I reckon." and "Haw!" and claims that he is just "a physicist who travels." He grew up on a 200-acre farm near the Pennsylvania coal-mining town of Washington...
Cincinnati-born Dine hit the Manhattan scene only three years ago, but his name is one to reckon with in avantgarde circles. Like a number of other rebels against abstract art, he began producing art not out of paint and canvas, but out of everyday objects. "I loved the city." he says, "I loved seeing so much being discarded. Every time you turned a corner, you'd see in the next trash can some wonderful piece of sculpture.'' So Dine became a member of the "found object" school-a group dedicated to the proposition that many...
...every businessman a tax credit of up to 8% of any amount that he invests in new equipment; the credit would be in addition to present depreciation schedules, which permit businessmen to deduct the costs of plant and equipment from their tax bills over a period of years. Economists reckon that a step-up in spending for such capital goods will be doubly important this year to keep the economy moving forward in the second half, when the big stimulants of Government spending and inventory buying are expected to flatten...
...deal, amounting to a 13% hourly wage raise, adds its bit to inflation, and aggravates New York's existing shortage of skilled electricians (as one concession, Van Arsdale agreed to allow 1,000 additional apprentices to be trained). More important, the settlement made Van Arsdale a man to reckon with in the labor movement, breathed new life into U.S. labor's drive to spread the work as a way to counter automation. In this year's most crucial labor negotiations, David J. McDonald promises that his United Steelworkers will make reduced work time "a fighting issue...