Word: tokenisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whether Burton ever does return to the theater? in more than a token way?will be determined by something considerably deeper than the fate of the liaison he has recently formed. Two little gods within his frame are warring?one that builds with sureness and power, and another that impels him, like his late companion and countryman Dylan Thomas, recklessly toward self-destruction...
...week's end Cairo Radio was spreading word of a cease-fire by mutual agreement in rebellion-torn Yemen. It said that Saudi Arabia was prepared to stop supplying the royalists supporting ex-Imam Badr with money and munitions, while Nasser may withdraw a token contingent of his 28,000-man Egyptian expeditionary force by April 20. Though Nasser's broadcasters are not the most reliable sources in the world, things may well come to this, for without doubt Jordan and Saudi Arabia-and all other Arabs-are becoming increasingly anxious to avoid angering Nasser...
...purpose of the small Boston demonstration is to express support for the Easter peace marches that will be held in major cities all over the world. While 30 to 50 people carrying signs is admittedly a token gesture, Tocsin members seem to feel that it is beter than nothing...
...week's end. Roosevelt's appointment -a token of President Kennedy's warm thanks for work during West Virginia's 1960 presidential primary-seemed assured. Only Winston Prouty had doubts. He thought it might yet be interesting to hear from an ex-partner in Roosevelt's Washington foreign-car dealership who sued F.D.R. Jr. and the Fiat Motor Co. for $9,000,000 a few years ago. The rest of the committee, both Republicans and Democrats, seemed mighty pleased when Junior vowed: "I will try to be purer than Caesar's wife." There were...
Back to the Commodore Hotel went the talk-weary publishers, who might have seen this problem approaching months ago. Aware that the Guild's members were anxious to get back to work, the publishers at first offered them only a token raise of $1.50 a week to take effect Nov.1, 1964. "Wholly inadequate," snapped Murphy, who wanted an extra $4 to make up the difference between the $8.50 package the Guild got last fall and the $12.50 won by the printers. He also wanted a citywide Guild shop, pension plan and medical program. The publishers upped their offer...