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...them would not be overly displeased to see a recession. Increasingly, the argument is being heard in boardrooms that employees have become too demanding, too casual in their attitudes toward performance and productivity -and that a recession would alleviate many of these problems. Only a few conservatives used to whisper that "a little more unemployment would be good for the country," but more and more businessmen are saying it out loud...
...President visited the U.S. Army's 24th Evacuation Hospital. "We are going to get you out of here," he told Staff Sergeant John Bishop. "Roger that," Bishop said. When another patient told him, "I don't feel I should be here," Agnew paused and replied in a whisper, "We all want to get it over with." Later, he expressed enthusiasm about the progress of the war. "The most significant thing to me," he told reporters, "was the way the ARVN are working with the U.S. forces. I'm really encouraged...
...tapping fingers, shined shoes, winding knobs, leaning-all pointed at her like some mad animal . . . like a gun. All through a blue funk from glowing cigarettes. the faces are dark and there is a menacing murmuring. She had descended into the pit and her words rush out in a whisper of extreme unction...
...nationwide Moratorium has come and gone, with its excellent emphasis on peace. But one wonders why so many people only protested the U.S. involvement yet said not a whisper about Hanoi's atrocities past or present. Maybe, in order to balance the books a bit, there ought to be a second Moratorium Day showing support for this nation's attempts to secure an honorable and just peace...
...cook. In fact, more important for the cook than for the cooking." Thus armed, pot and potted, Alice's disciples are advised merely to improvise and advertise. "If you tell people that what you're cooking is absolutely fantastic-if you squeeze their arm and whisper in their ear that this meal is the greatest yet-they're going to love it. They'll never suspect that that strange taste in the potatoes is just that you've burned them...