Word: turn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There is an immutable law that says extra wealth can only be produced by each person exceeding his own needs in whatever he produces. Just as a farmer must grow more than his family eats in order to have something to sell, so must the factory worker turn out more value every hour than his hourly wage amounts to. The solution to the problems of rising costs and falling productivity is to put everyone back on either piecework or commission. This will eliminate featherbedding, slowdowns, etc., and at the same time raise our productivity nationwide...
...flag, the North Koreans followed suit-only theirs was six inches taller. In this case, however, Joy "hastened to veto any tendency toward such competition," as he wrote in his book, How Communists Negotiate, "thereby perhaps averting construction of the two tallest flagpoles on earth." The meetings have now turned into what one participant calls "the battle of the bladder." They often run for eight hours, and if any of the senior members leaves the table before the ses sion is formally closed, the other side interprets it as a deliberate walkout. The talks are also spiced with undiplomatic language...
...groups will also consider the possibility of making better use of the Union's upstairs rooms. "Since there is a problem seating extra people in the Union, maybe we could turn those rooms into dining halls," Jones said...
...much has happened and continues to happen which undermines the confidence one may have formerly had for the legitimate authorities in this nation. Circumstances have changed since John Kennedy regularly faced the nation at televised news conferences. The attitude toward the authorities by the young has taken a swift turn...
...recommend to the group that does gather before the Faculty debate to try to get into the meeting, even if its location is switched at the last moment. But SDS members emphasized that no definite political tactics could be decided upon because no one knew how many students would turn up on Thursday...