Word: rigidities
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...knows his place," and even if he does and likes it, there are no easy ways of announcing the fact to others. The worker can indeed still become boss, the immigrant a settled American. But how do they show their newly acquired place in life? No aristocratic titles, no rigid distinctions of dress are available; man's achievements can be signaled only by the fascinating game of displaying "status symbols." Hence the endless American preoccupation with what is "in" and what is "out"?clothes, addresses, speech, schools, cars. The phenomenon (well understood by U.S. novelists, most notably John...
Adamantly Rigid. Dr. Verwoerd dashed any vagrant hopes of compromise. South Africa's internal policies, he said, were its own affair, and apartheid is not discrimination, merely a separate "development" of the races. Verwoerd further insisted that South Africa could not accept diplomatic representatives from colored states -even if they were members of the Commonwealth. It was argued that this made a complete mockery of Commonwealth membership...
Verwoerd. said an observer, "was completely rigid, absolutely adamant and just wouldn't budge.'' The other members were angry and disturbed; no one asked that he reverse his policies or amend them, just that he "take note'' of their criticisms. Instead, Verwoerd kept playing over and over the same record. Recalls one witness: "It got to be extremely irritating...
...lacocca, "the dealers are the first to acclaim you for coming out with new models." Jim Moran says that he takes only as many cars as he wants, adds that dealers have to be firm with Detroit to keep from being overloaded. He also thinks many dealers too rigid on prices. "If they can't sell a car for a $300 or $400 profit," he says, "they won't sell it. If we can only sell a car for $50 profit this month, we have to sell it for $50 profit. Maybe next month we'll have...
After less than two months at work, the Administration's new policymakers are ready to admit that in foreign policy no rule is rigid, no solution is easy, no plan is foolproof, and no worthwhile policy is entirely devoid of risk. With the last point especially in mind, President Kennedy last week sent Nikita Khrushchev a straight-from-the-shoulder message through Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson Jr. The U.S.. said the President, views Laos as a test case of Soviet intentions (see FOREIGN NEWS), is willing to work toward a genuine settlement, or just as willing to throw...