Word: wished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outlook for such solution is dim, however, the necessity is overwhelming. Without it, there is little prospect that the immediate shortage of teachers can be solved, that the ever-rising cost of classrooms can be met, or that the rising tide of those who wish to be educated can find a place in our schools and colleges...
Along with the problem of too little money, strikers carry the burden of too much time. During the first few weeks of the strike, many of them found it pleasant to have leisure for fishing and do-it-yourself projects. But then boredom set in. "I wish it was over," sighs Steel Mill Machinist Louis Webb, saturated with TV. "I like to work." Even worse than boredom for some strikers is a growing feeling of helplessness as the strike drags on and savings dwindle. "Sometimes when I go to bed," says Frank Sekula, "I think: Here I am a head...
...nervous just sitting around," grumbled a striking steelworker in East Chicago, Ind. last week. "I wish I could grab the guys on both sides of that table and bang their heads together...
...days later, the President of the U.S. all but fulfilled the steelworker's wish by summoning the top men on both sides of the steel strike to the White House for head-banging sessions. "I am getting sick and tired of the apparent impasse," Ike told his press conference, and "so are the American people...
...Chairman Alfred Sloan Jr. demanded unexpectedly: "What about Chevy?" It was the kind of moment that every aggressive young executive dreams about. Cole replied with cool confidence: "I just happen to have some plans for expanding Chevrolet engineering, and I'm ready to show them any time you wish." G.M. appreciates that kind of action. Quipped Charlie Wilson to Cole: "I'll bet that's the first time you ever had your plans approved without submitting them." Cole's staff grew to 2,900 engineers...