Word: 20s
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heyday of foreign bond speculations in the '20s, Latin American governments floated ever larger issues at interest as high as 8% on the U.S. market, and many banks turned to cajolery and a few even to bribes to handle the business. With the Depression, Latin countries defaulted to the tune of $1.3 billion. Last week the dance of the millions came to a slow-beat and reasonably happy...
...years later, should Congress decide to stretch it out), most of the U.S. roads now in use will be obsolete and in need of rebuilding. Last year 80,000 miles of federal highways alone became obsolete, and thousands of miles of asphalt road built in the '20s are due to outlive their usefulness in the late '50s. Thus, the road-building industry can look forward to a long-range boom that will extend many years beyond...
Died. James Francis (Jimmy) Dorsey, 53, saxophonist-bandleader, brother of Trombonist Tommy (who accidentally choked to death in his sleep last November); of lung cancer; in Manhattan. The Dorsey brothers played in the '20s, developed a soothing, sentimental style of swing that softened the Dixie beat, met swift success (between them they sold more than 110 million records); formed (1934) their own band but broke up in a tiff over tempo. Jimmy rejoined Tommy in 1953, was hard-hit by his brother's death...
...Upton), 64, blonde, blue-eyed, oldtime showgirl, six times married, 50 times engaged (her boast), who wed and fled three U.S. millionaires in rapid succession but collected and gloried in Rolls-Royces, furs, jewels, champagne and swimming pools until she came to symbolize the high-living, big-spending '20s; of throat cancer; in Manhattan...
...drill in 1953. Fox argued that the 280-acre lot was already zoned for manufacturing, and what was the difference between an oil derrick erected for a movie or one to drill? Furthermore, modern drilling avoids the noise and mess that blighted oil-happy Los Angeles in the '20s and brought a ban on drilling...