Word: switch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though most major U.S. corporations back the need for continuing education, resentment flares over high-priced experts who get company-paid degrees and then promptly switch jobs. "This is known as the honor system," says Grumman's Charles E. Mack ruefully. "The company has the honor and the student has the system." But disloyalty is not common, and most engineers hand-picked for advanced training are glad to go back to their old employers-until they need another round of schooling. It is a never-ending process. As Philosopher-Mathematician Alfred North Whitehead put it: "Knowledge keeps no better...
...Sudden Switch. In 1959, with the Daly-Daley precedent in mind, Congress amended 315 (a), but the FCC's strict letter-of-the-law enforcement kept broadcasters grumbling. In 1960, Congress passed a joint resolution suspending the equal-time requirements for that year's presidential candidates...
...worth a second look. A few benefit, however: fans who missed a segment of their favorite series the night the house burned down, virtuous husbands stuck in the city while their wives and children are vacationing at the beach, baseball addicts too bemused by beer to switch off when the game is over, and other misfits...
...auto industry last week began producing the first 1965 cars, many potential customers speculated about the features that are expected to make for the most dramatically changed models in years. There will be a futuristic fastback shape for the Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac line: a switch of seven models to vertical double headlights; the Ford's and Chrysler's new slab sides; a hop-up rear fender for the Chevrolet; and a new shape for the Corvair that makes it look like a miniature version of the Buick Riviera. These details, however, are ancient history to a small group...
Even if the rest of the cast were far worse than it is, it would be worth going to see Richard to see Philip Kerr in the title role. He moves beautifully. He can hold the audience with a gesture, and switch the focus of attention with a glance. He has devised a death scene--for I understand he staged it--which is a small ballet...