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...would like to thank you for the June 4 story on our radio operations; however, a little gremlin must have been at work-and he succeeded in transposing the call letters of our Omaha station. They are KOWH-being derived from the Omaha World Herald, the original owners of the station. On our station in Minneapolis, you batted 50%, one time referring to it as WGDY, another place as WDGY. The latter is right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 18, 1956 | 6/18/1956 | See Source »

...last week and handed a sheaf of papers to Clifford Hood, president of U.S. Steel. Thus the steelmakers opened negotiations for a new contract. There was nothing new or unexpected in the union's 22 contract demands-a guaranteed annual wage, "substantial" wage increases, premium pay for weekend work-and the first session brought out no fireworks. Nevertheless the session made history. Sitting around the table were representatives not only from giant U.S. Steel but from Bethlehem and Republic as well-the Big Three which employ 60% of all steel labor and make 55% of all steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Steel's Table Talk | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

...State of the Union today demonstrates what can be accomplished under God by a free people; by their vision, their understanding of national problems, their initiative, their self-reliance, their capacity for work-and by their willingness to sacrifice whenever sacrifice is needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: IN THESE GOOD TIMES | 1/16/1956 | See Source »

...remembered the long, workless summers when his father, deafened by years near the roaring "shaker" screens, would get him to listen for the whistle that was the call back to the mines. If it blew, there would be work-and singing in the Travis house that night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Wild Birds Do Whistle | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...postwar decade the do-it-yourself craze has become a national phenomenon. The once indispensable handyman who could fix a chair, hang a door or patch a concrete walk has been replaced by millions of amateur hobbyists who do all his work-and much more-in their spare time and find it wonderful fun. In the process they have turned do-it-yourself into the biggest of all U.S. hobbies and a booming $6 billion-a-year business. The hobbyists, who trudge out of stores with boards balanced on their shoulders, have also added a new phrase to retail jargon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: The Shoulder Trade | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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