Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...task of good reporting lies not ' merely in the struggle for the gritty word that captures the death of an African rebel in a dusty Congo boulevard, or for the succinct phrase that clarifies the politely vague deliberations of the conference room. More challengingly. the job demands the timely summing-up that gives recent events meaning in the light of what has gone before. By its annual Man of the Year cover story, by CINEMA'S choices of the year's top films, by FOREIGN NEWS'S analysis of the plight of the world...
...Under Konrad Adenauer, Man of the Year in 1953, the resurgent economic strength of free Germany posed such intolerable comparisons that Communism tripped from threat to entreaty in its attempt to reduce German influence. France's Charles de Gaulle, Man of the Year in 1958, set himself to the task of restoring French pride, tried to bind up the debilitating wounds of Algeria, chipped away at NATO's supranational foundations; but the problems raised by De Gaulle's France were at least and at last those of national purpose, not political paralysis. Just a hot breath away from...
...many U.S. employers the key to harmonious automation lies in preplanning, letting the union and employees know about laborsaving changes before they take place. National Biscuit Co. faced the tough task of explaining why it had to shut down two old bakeries, build a new highly automated one in Chicago. It set up a scale model, invited comment from employees on how to make the plant better. Soon after the new plant began operating, Nabisco's share of the market so expanded that employment rose to 2,400, a third more than the two old plants combined. Says...