Word: subways
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...police, for example, have virtually no measure of the success of steps they take to prevent crime. New York City recently invested an estimated 20 million dollars a year in subway guards, and the number of attacks on riders dropped sharply. People were indeed safer in the subways, but there was no way of knowing whether crime was reduced or just driven out of the subways into the streets, stores and homes. The investment may have been justified by the alleviation of people's great fear about riding the subways, but we should be clear that in terms of crime...
Times"), then claps on his black bowler, picks up his black umbrella and, looking for all the world like a department-store manager from Sloane Square, scissors briskly off to the Met. If the weather is bad, he will take the subway, often stopping off at a sleazy hashery for a cup of hot milk with a dash of coffee-much to the dismay of his staff, who feel that to be seen in such a place is beneath the dignity of his station...
...most nerveless member of the company, of course, is Bing himself. He often pulls a Hitchcock and turns up onstage as a breastplated soldier in Eugen Onegin or leading the soldier's band in Faust. But he is really a frustrated conductor. In the theater, in the subway, walking along the street, his hands are continually dancing as he sings and hums some aria playing through his mind (he also knows the words and music to more than 1,000 lieder, continually amazes the singers by quoting snatches of librettos from obscure operas). At night, sitting in his office...
...Town. All sales will be from newsstands; there will be no home delivery. Which means that headlines will have to catch the eye of the rushing subway rider and home-bound commuter. But Conniff is confident that he will be able to keep stories from being played out of proportion to what they are worth. After all, his only direct competition will come from the Post, with its predictable liberal approach to any issue. The Post, says Conniff, should serve "to keep us from getting stuffy. But hell, last week the Post had two-TWO-editorials on U Thant. Tell...
...West Germany, credit is so tight that Frankfurt last week canceled plans to build a new subway system, while Düsseldorf was forced to call off construction of a new city hall, auditorium and athletic stadium. The credit squeeze is even tougher on private industry. Corporations with Triple-A credit ratings are offering 9% interest and are still unable to raise the money they need for capital expansion. Thus, capital investment this year will drop to its lowest level since World War II. Order backlogs are falling, and the rise in productivity is only half of what...