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Word: swivels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vinegar." They want to change the world. They want to build and create a UTOPIA so the poor and the downtrodden will no longer suffer. What a joke! They come to Harvard with beautiful thoughts--and that is to help humanity--and they wind up sitting in a swivel chair in some big Corporation screwing the poor and the helpless...

Author: By Alfred E. Vellucci, | Title: Vellucci/Harvard | 11/7/1979 | See Source »

...establishment is owned by a woman-a former bank clerk named Glenda Brewer-but here male customers are banned from the club during the two-hour show. What they miss is a group of dancers called Fast Freddy and the Playboys, who strip down to bikini briefs and then swivel through the throng, always staying slightly clad and out of reach. "I think they're terrific," says Kay Love, 45, a factory worker. "Men see it all. Why can't the women?" Adds Marsha Stempien, 21: "It's our night out. We don't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: And Now, Bring on the Boys | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

...believed in discipline, and discipline began with himself. He knew his mind. He made quick decisions and stuck to them. Confronted with a problem, a plea, an argument-he always allowed room for argument-he would tilt back in his swivel chair, eyes on the ceiling, hands clasped behind his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Editors, Nov. 13, 1978 | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...Houston's scrappy little Texas International Airlines had quietly bought more than 9% of National's stock; later it won Civil Aeronautics Board permission to pick up as much as 25%. As one Wall Street analyst put it, Texas International was a "sardine chasing a shark." Last week the swivel chairs in airline board rooms were spinning again as a whale declared its interest in National. Pan American World Airways, the fifth biggest U.S. airline, said it wanted to buy all of National's shares and was ready to spend $300 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Whale of a Deal in the Air | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Though Freddie, if his past record is any guide, is not likely to cut off many heads, he is certain to make major changes before he has twirled three times in his new swivel chair. "One thing he will do is break up those long, indecisive meetings at NBC," says Producer Grant Tinker (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). "NBC is really one long meeting, and he'll stick firecrackers under the chairs at those endless sessions." NBC'S programmers know that whatever they do this month may be rescinded next month. "Does NBC'S fall schedule mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Waiting for Freddie: Part 1 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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