Word: agee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chicago one hotel raised permanent guests from $70 to $150 a month, another from $32.50 to $71. In New York, increases ranged from 15% to 200%; in Denver up to 350%. In San Francisco, an old-age pensioner sharing a single room had his rent boosted from $25 to $40 a month. In Chicago, a third-rate hotel jumped rooms from $7 a week to $17.50. Even the flophouses along Detroit's grimy Skid Row upped dormitory beds from 30? a night...
...King was 53 years old. Magda never told anyone her age, but it was at least 50. Back in Rumania, young Mihai, Carol's son, was King now. It did not seem such a long time ago that little Mihai had asked innocently one day: "Who is Daddy's lady friend...
Winston Churchill does not mellow with age; he gets more richly crusty. His brilliantly feathered shafts find a favorite target in able but colorless Clement Attlee, whom Churchill once described as a nice, modest little man "who had a good deal to be modest about." Last week the New Statesman and Nation reported that, after Attlee had ably replied to some Churchill needling in the House of Commons, Churchill had remarked: "Feed a grub on royal jelly, and it may turn out to be a queen...
Roanoke acted grown-up about it. The kid from Philadelphia (age 10) tried to, too, but two big tears rolled down his face after he lost one tough game. The Indianapolis champ got homesick despite roller coasters, popcorn and free rides on fire engines. Said he: "I'm worried about my rabbits." When they talked shop, they debated only one question: who had backspin on shooters and who didn't. Backspin, to make the shooter stick in the ring, was the key to success on the slick cork rings, which were faster than dirt. No one gave away...
Every Ford worker, on reaching a retirement age yet to be determined (probably 65), will receive an annual income for life equal to 1% of his average pay multiplied by his years of service. Thus, at current rates, a typical worker could retire after 30 years on a $77-a-month Ford pension. If a worker dies before retirement age, his family will receive all he paid in, plus interest. Workers will contribute 2½% a year to the pension fund on earnings up to $3,000; over $3,000, payments will be 5%. The company's contribution will...