Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Smooth as a space satellite, precise as a computer, the 1968 Nixon-mobile whirrs around the country like a politician's dream machine. It seems, in fact, almost too automated. The candidate is seldom more than ten minutes late for an appearance. The bands strike up on cue; balloons tumble down at just the right moment. Meticulous planning schedules put the nominee at just the place where the turnout will be largest and the crowd will be the most responsive. More than 11,000 turned out last week in Anaheim, Calif., 5,000 in Fresno, 10,000 in Salt...
...around such familiar territories as the human anatomy, drunks, queers, and race (Authors Ray Galton and Alan Simpson even succumb to having a whiteman tell an Indian, "You all look alike to me.") As you might expect, the script is littered with countless unfunny versions of Western cliches (e.g., "Seldom have I heard so many discouraging words...
...this year's Democratic ticket, although his forceful, low-key manner will be attractive to many of the young. He is most knowledgeable in federal-state relations and problems of the cities. Even though he led the convention fight for the majority plank on Viet Nam, he has seldom spoken out on the war and privately has serious reservations about current American policy in Southeast Asia...
...about new models, almost everyone admits that automakers usually know all about one another's most guarded projects. It is often the same way in other industries. Says Michigan State's Jennings: "A secret is only a secret for a year or so anyway. And top executives seldom know intimate technological secrets...
Most companies, obviously, are looking for men of stature. In any case, the danger of dissension in the ranks seldom seems great enough to warrant calling off the search. Executives who find themselves passed over always have the option of switching employers themselves. For companies hurt by such job jumping, there is always consolation in the fact that the practice can cut both ways. A case in point is Chicago-based Bell & Howell, whose executive vice president, William Roberts, left in 1961, to become president of Ampex Corp., taking several colleagues along with him. Casting about for vice presidents earlier...