Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could forget our low marks and miserable social life if we could get to Yale and buy a genuine tweed jacket, a pipe, and a superior attitude. Not only that, but the professor who made the suggestion said we could "renew old high school friendships," which would be marvelous especially since we've avoided them for some time now. But we're told that Yale is a friendly school where people talk to each other or if they don't they can exchange knowing looks...
...committees. Once, testifying before a House monopoly subcommittee, he outlined his aims so lucidly that even New York's New Dealing Representative Emanuel Celler was mollified. Said Celler: "Shanks made the best impression of all. He indicated an awareness that insurance companies, due to their size, must exercise social responsibility." Actually, Shanks is not worried that the industry is too big. Rather, he worries that it is too small. As the U.S. economy grows by leaps and bounds, the U.S. is putting a smaller percentage of its income into insurance, last year invested only 3.8% of disposable income...
There is nothing of the soft sell in the Pru's old-fashioned salesmanship. Like Fuller Brushmen, each agent has 300 to 400 families to cover. The Pru man gently but bluntly reminds his customer of the need for a "cleanup" fund to handle funeral expenses, explains what social security and company pension plans will provide. He asks his prospect if he wants to leave his family a home or just a mortgage; He talks about education for the children. "Invariably," says one Pru executive, "the worried prospect lays down a program he can't possibly afford." Then...
...many ways, the Broadmoor is the country club, the social and athletic center, and the chief attraction of Colorado Springs. Oil and cattle men from all over the west eventually come to stay at the hotel and mingle with the "society" of the Springs...
After lunch, there are various scenic trips prepared by the management to such places as Pike's Peak, Echo Canyon, the Royal Gorge Bridge, or the Will Rogers Memorial located halfway up Cheyenne Mountain. At night there is hockey. Over the weekend, there are numerous social functions such as teas and dances, which are all staffed by CC girls...