Word: switches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...simultaneously raise its standards of life and opportunity at home. The $25 billion a year or more that the U.S. is pouring into Viet Nam could not in any case be simply redeployed from the prosecution of a war to the pacification of U.S. cities. Nonetheless, the instant switch is an appealing notion...
...summer's riots have changed his itinerary. Though he has not previously had any such deep involvement in urban problems, his embroilment in Detroit has caused him to switch his priorities. Just before the Midwestern Governors' Conference opened at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks last week, Romney announced that he will spend this month touring the nation's cities, postponing his expeditions to Europe and Viet Nam until later this year...
Leverage. Opposition to the weapons trade will adversely affect U.S. efforts to even its balance of payments-the major reason for the Administration's decision in 1960 to switch from out right grants to sales of weapons. Moreover, say Administration officials, such sales in general help to correct power imbalances, counter Soviet influence in the Middle East and elsewhere, and allow the U.S. "to use what leverage we have to get countries to minimize their purchases." In fact, the arms trade with underdeveloped countries amounts to only 10% of the nation's sales of weapons...
...businessmen switch jobs as drastically as Austin R. Zender, 63, who describes himself as "a metal man by profession and a candy man by design." Ending a long and successful career as president of Bridgeport Brass Co. and later as head of National Distillers & Chemical Corp. when the two merged, Zender postponed retirement to become head of a confectionary company on whose board he had sat since 1954. Under his aggressive leadership, Peter Paul Inc. has taken over a position among the leaders of the nation's $1.4 billion candy business...
Most of the time, though, he steals from Colgate-smile comedies. His sexy red bed--television, music, and massage at the flick of a switch--comes straight out of The Yum Yum Tree. In both movies, Jack Lemmon and Sellers play second banana to mechanical gadgets...