1960s

Kennedy-Johnson tax cuts create jobs and set off a long period of growth ... the minimum wage goes up to $1.60 ... the Dow approaches 1,000 ... Vietnam is a battlefront at home and abroad ... "Silent Spring" galvanizes an environmentalist movement—and growing government regulation of industry ... America questions authority ... Woodstock captures the spirit of the decade ... Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on the moon ... women come into the workplace.

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I'm sorry, sir. You can't list a blown mind as a capital loss.

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And to think all these years you've worried about some boy wonder taking over your job.

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Every Monday it's the same thing. But you're still always on that 8:13 bus!

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Old McDonald's farm has been sold to Agribiz International--but for the time being, you'll all be kept on.

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And to those who will become captains of industry ... please keep this faculty in mind if you should be in need of consultants.


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