Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speed & Experience. Whereas Cincinnati's rioting was exacerbated by what Negroes considered harsh justice, the flare-up last week in Los Angeles' perennially explosive Watts area was extinguished by swift, steady police action. When a fire broke out in a military-surplus storage yard, it looked like the first spark. Soon rocks were winging at firemen, and Police Chief Thomas J. Reddin ordered a "tactical police alert"; he threw a cordon of 80 cops around the scene of the fire and snuffed out a potential riot...
...notes and letters. The first distillation of his life time of civilized observation and sensitive introspection, edited by his son Nigel (TIME, Jan. 6), covered the fitful prewar years 1930 to 1939. It established Nicolson as a brilliant Boswell to his age and his peers. This is the swift and welcome sequel. Caught up by "the cataract of history" that was Britain's role in World War II, Nicolson now surpasses his earlier performance...
...Israel manage to win so big so quickly? Much of the answer can be found in the almost incredible lack of Arab planning, coordination and communications. Despite their swift defeat in 1956, this time the Arabs seemed to expect a long, leisurely war of attrition. Though two squadrons of Algerian MIG-21s arrived, they were a fatal 24 hours too late because Egyptian commanders had failed to instruct them which airbase to head for. In retrospect, it might have been even worse if they had arrived in time for the Israeli raids. Five planeloads of Moroccan troops actually...
...Angeles, Calif. (Economics); Richard G. Harrison of Baltimore, Md. (Chemistry); Jeremy P. Kagan of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (History and Literature); Philip J. Kapian of Cambridge (Government); Lowry Pei of St. Louis, Mo. (English); Charles Popper of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Applied Math); Victor Rosov of Brooklyn, N.Y. (English); Peter J. Swift of Upper Montclair, N.J. (History) and Mark J. Webber of St. Louis, Mo. (German...
Protecting the Stockholder. Despite their swift ascendancy, cash tender bids remain beyond the scrutiny of the SEC-a fact that enhances their popularity. But the SEC feels that "the unwary public" needs protection, notably more information to help stockholders evaluate confusing claims of rival tender offers. Accordingly, the commission is backing a bill by New Jersey's Democratic Senator Harrison Williams that would require a tender bidder to disclose his name, financing arrangements, and any plans he has for the firm. Though most brokerage firms and investment bankers favor regulation, many disagree with one part of the bill, which...