Word: wakefulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wife Louise and daughter (his other daughter is married) in a pillared $150,000 house in the exclusive River Oaks section and hobnobs with Houston's social elite. He owns two cars (a Corvette and a Cadillac) and likes few things better than to water-ski in the wake of his 17-ft. power boat...
...agency produced two 30-sec. commercials for its commercials. Tony Wake, the Ketchum vice president who dreamed up the idea, had little trouble selling it to the bank's officials, despite the cost of the extra promotions. In advertising, where few hesitate to imitate, the idea could well lead to a plethora of plugs plugging plugs...
...thinks, "for Mitchell to run the risk of this case backfiring. The charges are far more serious than those leveled at the Chicago Seven. It would be uncharacteristic of the man to go put on a legal limb, to risk the resumption of massive antiwar protests in the wake of an abortive trial...
...this perverse climate, he is expected to become socially responsible but is given no chance to do so. He is told when to wake up, eat and sleep; his letters are censored, his visitors sharply limited. His days are spent either in crushing idleness or at jobs that do not exist in the "free world," such as making license plates for a few cents' pay an hour. In some states, he cannot vote (even after his release), own property or keep his wife from divorcing him. He rarely gets adequate medical care or sees a woman. Everything is a privilege...
...jumbo jet. The $200 million was only the first installment in a financial rescue that could well cost the taxpayers at least three times as much. Without such aid, said Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard, Lockheed faced bankruptcy, and other defense subcontractors could go under in its wake. Last week, however, Lockheed rejected the Pentagon's proffered $558 million settlement as unfair because the company would have to absorb a $200 million loss. Lockheed announced that it will sue for more generous terms...