Word: pocketful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...picked by the first postwar Italian government in 1945 to head the Ansaldo shipyards, immediately became a target for Communist gunmen who had secreted an arsenal there in preparation for a general uprising. Manuelli cleaned out Ansaldo, but had to go around with a revolver in his pocket and with two "escorts" carrying tommy guns. Since he took charge of Finsider in 1958, its sales have risen 45% to last year's $761 million, and production has gone up 55% to 5,100,000 tons-a remarkable amount for a country that in 1945 produced only 400,000 tons...
...Congress, to the pay period ending Oct. 21, 1962. Since his wealth already placed him in the 90% income-tax bracket, his taxes on that amount would have been $360,000. Thus, presuming that Kennedy took tax deductions for his charities, his donations cost him $40,000 out of pocket...
...That pocket is constantly restocked. This year, the President's taxable income will probably reach well beyond the $450,000 mark. Aside from his presidential salary of $100,000 plus $50,000 for expenses, he stands to receive at least $250,000 from a $5,000,000 trust fund, another $160,000 or so from $5,000,000 received on his 45th birthday this year and invested in municipal and federal bonds (only about a third of which is taxable), and additional income from his undisclosed book royalties, any other personal investments he has made, and any income...
...POCKET SHOPPER. Definitely not yet on the market, but envisioned by Dr. John W. Mauchly, is a miniature computer for household use that will not only make shopping lists obsolete but will also mark the extinction of the grocery clerk and the checkout-counter man. Before going to market, a woman will slip her computer into her purse (it will have an inventory of what she needs in the way of staples and supplies stored in its wafer-thin memory cells). Once at the market, she will plug her computer into a socket in a vacant "delivery alcove" and wait...
...among the others: Swirbul and Chairman Leroy Grumman, now 67). Quiet and unassuming, Towl (pronounced Toll) runs less of a one-man show than colorful Jake Swirbul did. When asked to name the big moment in his career, Clint Towl grins. "Tomorrow." With that LEM contract in his pocket, he is undoubtedly right...