Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...factory hand, can qualify for a Prudential loan or mortgage. At the top of the Pru's list of borrowers is a Who's Who of U.S. industry: International Business Machines (some $550 million since 1936), General Motors, Chrysler Corp., Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., International Harvester, Goodyear Tire & Rubber...
...latter half, however, the Bellboys began to tire and high scorer Peter Banks strated to make his jump shot more often. Bank's 12 points, Neil Muncaster's six, and Bill Cowin's rebounding all contributed heavily to the Winthrop victory. Dave Sailor was high man for the losers with ten points...
...idea for their own use. B. F. Goodrich Co., for example, likes to use nontechnical workers to help solve tough engineering problems. At its first "creative workshop" session eight months ago, a white-collar office worker sparked the answer to the problem of how to design a new tire machine; he had attacked the problem without any preconceived technical notion that it was impossible. Motorola's President Robert Galvin has set up a special "idea clinic" along much the same lines. Motorola's ticket of admission to the clinic is a list of 10-25 ideas...
...were merely lambs being led to slaughter. One of the waiting eligibles is John Kieran Jr., 35, son of the original Information Please panel member, who declined an invitation himself. Much as they now want Van Doren to go on, the producers also foresee a chance that audiences may tire of his winning streak. As the Van Doren family's friend, Clifton Fadiman, puts it: "Sooner or later he's going to stop being a Christian and start being a lion...
...personal contact with them in the dining hall and in house activities. House elections are easier and fairer on candidates, too. A Lowell politican for example, can more conveniently, and much more justifiably, canvass all the entries in Lowell to advance his cause, than stuff everybody's mailbox with tire-some and inane letters...