Word: watchfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more fruitful cause of war than was ever in the past the ambition of princes or the bigotry of priests. The peoples of Europe fling themselves, like hungry beasts of prey, on every yet unexploited quarter of the world... But always while they divide the spoil, they watch one another with a jealous eye; and sooner or later, when there is nothing left to divide, they will fall upon one another. That is the real meaning of your armaments; you must devour or be devoured. And it is precisely these trade relations which it was thought would knit...
...multilingual talk. Only rarely does the Palais, one of the world's largest office buildings, come to life with such dramatic moments as Emperor Haile Selassie's moving speech against Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia, or the sight of French Premier Pierre Mendès-France, watch in hand, signing at 4 a.m. the accord ending the Indo-China war to meet the deadline he had set himself on taking office...
Moreover, the highly educated seem to share this glad acceptance to a remarkable degree. But the better-educated viewer says he likes serious programs much more often than the grade-school group. Those with seven to eight years of school never watch heavy drama, while 11% of the most educated go for the Ibsen-substitutes when available. While only 5% of the grade-school audience are interested in information and public affairs, 13% of the college group and 23% of postgraduates declare that they like it best...
...Tell the Truth. Can the testimony of these college types be trusted? Not according to Steiner. He is convinced that what they say they see is very different from what, behind closed doors and with interviewers out of the living room, they actually watch. Checking their viewing records in an ARB rating, he discovers that the only kind of program they choose considerably more often than the average man is heavy drama. During the evening hours, they spend only 4% less time watching "light entertainment" shows than grade-school addicts, only 2% more time watching news, only 1% more time...
...given a mission to help other divisions. Two separate divisions that had been engaged in weapons and communications work were consolidated. And the almost autonomous departments within the consumer products division were eliminated to cut out overlapping activities. Beck also introduced Detroit-style cost accounting to keep close watch on production costs. His efforts produced results: manufacturing efficiency last year rose 16% in the consumer goods division. Meanwhile, Ford patched up Philco's bitter legal hassle with RCA over color TV patents (TIME, Jan. 11), thus enabling Philco to begin producing color TV sets this spring...