Word: switches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Something Different. Then came the biggest surprise. Britain, said Callaghan, would switch from the traditional pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency in 1971. By now the Tories were in full cry. "An uproarious farce," shouted Conservative Leader Ted Heath. "The government is bereft of ideas and fuddy-duddy." Wilson buried his head in mock despair and nearly fell off the bench laughing. Above the roar, Economics Minister George Brown could be heard shouting, "We're on our way, brothers...
Johnson regards the change-over as a concession to thrift and good bookkeeping. Bankers, college administrators, and students with NDEA loans--the people most concerned with a switch in the procedure--are not as dispassionate. Forcing a student to obtain a loan from a hometown firm, they say, will create problems never encountered when all he had to do was walk to his college's financial aid office and sign a single form...
Despite last week's switch to glittering new quarters, Rudel insists that he is not switching his basic aim "to reinstate a sense of adventure in the public." Opera, he says, must not reek of the museum...
...there are color girls. Often, as Huntley and Brinkley report, the audience just gets Chet tinted correctly (healthy suntan, hazel-brown eyes) when the producer cuts to David, who comes in as a lurid lavender. By the time Brinkley is attuned (pale pink skin, blue eyes), there is a switch to a remote Frank McGee looking sickly green at Cape Kennedy. Similarly, every break for a commercial or shift to another channel could require a readjustment. Given the errant ways of all flesh, a listener who wants realistic color can hardly afford to take his hands off the controls...
Though container shipping may not solve all of the industry's many problems, its enthusiasts insist that it will turn out to be the biggest and best switch since steam replaced sails...