Deck chairs on the Titanic (1969)

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The New Jersey Nets basketball team has a new roster. High-salaried players (two are making $10 and $20 million this season) were traded for draft picks. The team is supposed to move to Brooklyn. Someone said that this year's changed roster is "like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic."

This seemingly can be no earlier than April 14-15, 1912.

If Fred Shapiro, Doug Wilson, or Sam Clements finds "re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic" in the 19th century, I'll jump off a tall building near NYU.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
   White House Memories Recalled By Mrs. Johnson's Press Aide
By NAN ROBERTSONSpecial to The New York Times. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 17, 1969. p. 18 (1 page):
Of the incoming White House staff, the always political Mrs. (Elizabeth--ed.) Carpenter said: "All the new people want an office close to the President's. You should see them scramble. It's like fighting for a deck chair on the Titanic."

Listening to the Vibes
JOSEPH EGER. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: May 15, 1972. p. 34 (1 page):
Administrators are running around straightening out deck chairs while the Titanic goes down.


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  Valley News  Friday, August 04, 1972 Van Nuys, California
...here to watch them rearrange the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC. ONE OF the.....Hollywood hospitality. Like Watching TITANIC A general impression of. the new..

  Coshocton Tribune  Saturday, December 07, 1974 Coshocton, Ohio
...are simply rearranging the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC." The major.....control AND power supply systems AND the propulsion unit AND are..

  Indiana Evening Gazette  Tuesday, December 31, 1974 Indiana, Pennsylvania
...subscription rearranging of the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC." Yet.....AND even China, give a day or two. AND there are new cultural AND..

  Nevada State Journal  Saturday, December 28, 1974 Reno, Nevada
...much as "the rearranging of the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC." Yet.....AND talking, AND getting up now AND then to step over the collies AND..

  Caribou County Sun  Thursday, February 13, 1975 Soda Springs, Idaho
...started was like arranging the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC he was just doing.....appointers AND appointees play musical CHAIRS, the Guvernment is left to run..

  Frederick Post  Thursday, August 28, 1975 Frederick, Maryland
...an exercise as rearranging the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC. What will happen.....AND do the setting up of tables, CHAIRS, etc. There was always someone to..


  Valley News  Thursday, August 26, 1976 Van Nuys, California
...adding aren't rearranging the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC Mr. Ford.....masked gunmen hijacked the school bus AND forced Ray AND the children into two..

  Lincoln Star  Wednesday, September 22, 1976 Lincoln, Nebraska
...things are just like shifting the DECK CHAIRS on a sinking TITANIC." said one.....against 28 years of total segregation AND government political AND economic..

  World  Sunday, December 05, 1976 Chicago, Illinois
...this job merely to rearrange the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC. It appears to me.....baths, paneled recreation room, sun DECK, lots more NOW ONLY in the 70's OAK..

  Chronicle Telegram  Saturday, October 11, 1980 Elyria, Ohio
...We just kept rearranging the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC." Two years ago.....sees as being more than re-arranging "DECK CHAIRS." STUDIES show teachers..

  Syracuse Herald Journal  Sunday, September 05, 1982 Syracuse, New York
...said. spend their time moving DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC AND they don't.....afloat. More AND in Cenlral New York AND schools are looking to iheir alumni..

 Lethbridge Herald  Friday, December 09, 1983 Lethbridge, Alberta
...should not be confused with the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC an opposition.....like rewriting the menu on the TITANIC. This last comment, incidentally..


  Daily Herald  Thursday, January 09, 1986 Chicago, Illinois
...argue been rearranging DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC. We think the ship.....taxation is fair. been rearranging DECK CHAIRS on the Trustee Thom- as D..

  Frederick Post  Monday, January 12, 1987 Frederick, Maryland
...of 1986: or How We Rearranged the DECK CHAIRS on the TITANIC Last Year." Mood.....Brenner is Laura's cardiologist, AND it was he who recommended Tom AND..

  Capital  Wednesday, September 09, 1987 Annapolis, Maryland
...steward rearrang- ing the DECK CHAIRS on the sinking TITANIC. The.....the 20 lifeboats AND rafts. When the TITANIC went its crew AND passengers..