Word: safe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...session with a 68-year-old baritone, Felsenstein abandoned his instructions only when the old man collapsed at his feet in seizures of nausea. When a singer once demurred at a Felsenstein command to jump onto the stage from a seven-foot tower, Felsenstein jumped himself to demonstrate how safe it was. He broke his arm but was back at rehearsal 45 minutes later to wave his cast in encouragement as the despairing singer finally jumped...
Reds may have tried to make their warning more emphatic. Only hours before McNamara's arrival, a Boeing 707 jet approaching Saigon's airport was winged by a .30-cal. bullet that punctured an oil line, forcing the craft to land on three engines. Playing it safe, McNamara's silver Air Force jet swooped in at a steep angle to avoid ground fire...
When Yugoslavia's Josip Broz Tito started angling last year for a chance to promote nonalignment and trade in Latin America, half a dozen countries responded with invitations. But Tito played it safe. Well aware that he would be the first unbearded Communist chief of state to visit Latin America, he accepted only where he could hope for an enthusiastic reception: Brazil, Chile, Bolivia and Mexico, all of which profess an "independent" line between East and West. Last week the Yugoslav strongman was halfway through his tour, and he had seen little enthusiasm...
...Safe Niche. Far from being a lonely decision maker in an isolated executive suite, Thornton shows his true executive quality in the ability to pick good men and give them free rein. He has surrounded himself with an intensely loyal group of managers, who are independent thinkers not afraid to question his judgment or to lunge at opportunities without waiting for his nod. More often than not, Thornton's decision merely sets off a spirited debate that produces a compromise solution that the company finally follows...
...time to write lengthy memos, which Thornton does not like to read. In fact, if Litton's experience is any guide, one of the happiest aspects of the technological revolution may be the death of the kind of organization man who tries to burrow into a safe, obscure niche, far from the dangers of difficult decisions. There are no such niches at Litton...