Word: rewardable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Painter Edwin Dickinson, 69, the reward that counts most for the artist is that other artists understand and respect him. A spry, sparrowlike man in a sea captain's beard, he has steadfastly kept his name out of the press, has rarely allowed his paintings to be reproduced. On these terms Dickinson has won admiration among traditionalists and avant gardists alike for paintings that defy fashion, time or classification. Last week Manhattan's Graham Gallery opened a major retrospective that should help in making Dickinson's name as familiar to the public as it has long been...
...dinner party in the capital, he paid a mock-serious tribute to Washington Lawyer Clark Clifford, who served as his ambassador to the Eisenhower Administration during the period of transition after the election: "Clark is a wonderful fellow. In a day when so many are seeking a reward for what they contributed to the return of the Democrats to the White House, you don't hear Clark clamoring. He was invaluable to us, and all he asked in return was that we advertise his law firm on the backs of the $1 bills...
House Speaker Sam Rayburn found himself last week facing a dilemma somewhat akin to that of a gold prospector who spots a huge nugget on the far side of a chasm perhaps too wide to jump across. Splendid would be the reward if he leaped and made it; but then how painful the penalty if he missed. Understandably, Rayburn hesitated at the brink...
From his trade Gammarelli earns a comfortable living. But his real reward comes from the praise of his customers. He treasures a leather-bound volume, prefaced with an autographed picture of Pope John, which reads like a Who's Who of the Roman Catholic hierarchy. One of his favorite endorsements came from a Texas bishop, who wrote simply: "We Texans like to deal with people who know their business...
American Motors' scheme to reward its customers when sales are good seemed to be paying off last week. During the first part of December, in a slipping auto market, sales were only 1.7% above the 1959 rate. After President George Romney announced at midmonth that a $25 U.S. Savings Bond would go to car buyers during a four-month period for every 10% increase in sales over the preceding year, sales shot up, finished 15.9% over December 1959. Last week American Motors began sending out $25 bonds to 34,971 car buyers. Among the recipients: General Motors Corp., which...