Word: willingness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ironically, many refugees have aroused indignation for working too hard, not too little. Vietnamese fishermen are willing to labor longer and for less than their American counterparts, and they fish in far rougher seas and weather. Similarly, a union official in one Chicago factory complained that the Indochinese workers were...
Hard up for cash, banks are willing to try just about anything to attract deposits. Some, like New York's Manhattan Savings Bank, are gemutlich meeting places where savers gather in the lobby to hear pianists play golden oldies. Others, like California's Crocker National Bank, have sought...
The small saver need not keep his money in a passbook account, but he has fewer choices than large investors. If he is willing to tie up his money for a long time, he can buy four-year bank certificates linked to the Treasury note rate, now paying over 8...
David Jones, chairman of Humana Inc., complains that Chrysler's previous management made bad decisions, "and now they expect somebody else to pick up the bill." Pertec Computer Chairman Ryal Poppa warns, "Soon the Government will be asking us why we complain when they want to regulate our businesses...
Admittedly, Alda's concern is not Washington, but ambition--and how it seduces Joe Tynan, and how that seduction affects the people around him. Barbara Harris's Elie cannot accept political life, but neither will she part with her husband. Elie borders on the liberated, flapping her gums without taking...