Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Francis Drake went up in 1928. Moreover, many of the facilities are inadequate. The famed Mark Hopkins, for instance, has only three elevators to service its 23 floors; at the 1956 Republican Convention, patrons had to wait for as long as 1 ½ hours to catch a ride. There are still only three elevators, and with a bigger crowd expected, the wait could be even longer...
...Waiting is half the fun. Entertainers sing and clown while you queue up for a ride on the "People Wall." The moving grandstand slides you up into the Big Top to see a fast and furious film showing how IBM, and all of us, solve our problems...
GENERAL MOTORS' Futurama ride through the moon's mountains, a shadowy underwater world, a steaming jungle and an ultramodern city seems all too plausible in an age already deep into space, both inner and outer. What really stirs the imagination is the three dream cars in the lobby. Only models, they look as though they should be ready to roll, say, next year...
FORD. The long wait ends with a ride that is comfortable, interesting-and too short. Mustangs, Mercurys, Falcons, Comets, Thunderbirds and Lincoln Continentals carry 38,000 people daily through a dark tunnel into "the world that was," where dinosaurs chomp seaweed and volcanoes spew red-hot lava...
...some similar kind of dole to the workers who have lost their jobs. I say this answer is wrong for the economy, but it is most of all wrong for the workers themselves. The workers of America are not looking for an easy berth, a soft touch, a free ride. The workers of America are seeking an honest return for honest labor...