Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...stand emergency duty during all the hubbub of international visitors to the U.N. He was working round the clock himself, and he saw no reason for anyone else to demand any sort of holiday. "Now when are these men religious?" the commissioner asked a TV interviewer when the question came up. "Is it just during this period, during an emergency? When are they religious the other 51 weeks of the year...
Nettled at the blithe hypocrisy by which many rich Latin Americans blame Uncle Sam for the absence of hospitals and schools that they themselves resist paying for, Cabot pointed out that U.S. income taxes run up to 92%. The U.S. taxpayer, he said, "is bound to question why his Government should ask a greater percentage of his earnings-partly for Brazil's development-than the Brazilian government asks of a Brazilian taxpayer with equivalent income...
...year ago the State Department had pleaded for kind treatment to the Soviet Premier, on the ground that it would be reciprocated when Eisenhower visited Russia (Khrushchev, after the U-2 incident, reneged on his part of the deal). The Overseas Press Club, by inviting Khrushchev to a question-and-answer session with its members, stirred up such a public controversy that four members resigned, though its intention was only to subject Khrushchev to normal press conference processes, instead of letting him dominate the questioners from a balcony...
...swift rise of competition abroad for U.S. business and the rumblings about recession at home lend a new urgency to a prime question: What must the U.S. do to create more jobs at home, cut costs, and compete more effectively abroad? Most economists and businessmen, along with some politicians, think that a key, direct way is to change the depreciation laws on new plants and equipment. They would permit businessmen to write off costs faster, thus giving them a big incentive to spend on old plants to improve efficiency or build new ones to make new products...
...food and drug men, the big question is whether the vogue for "drink-a-meal" diet potions will turn out to be just another passing fad. Mead Johnson is certain that in Metrecal's case it will not. Metrecal is still the big seller over the imitations, despite the fact that they are cheaper. Mead Johnson, which has already trimmed its prices, can cut further, if necessary, and still make a good profit. The cost of making a can of Metrecal, which sells for $1.29, is less than...