Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Associate Justices rested back in their chairs-all looking straight ahead, with the exception of Frankfurter, who turned his chair to face the Chief Justice
...governor right in the middle-and that was where Lindsay Almond wanted to be. He had worked hard to regain his privileged standing in the Byrdhouse, but just in case his one deviation was still held against him, he announced for Governor in November 1956 without consulting Harry Byrd ahead of time. Whatever his private feelings may have been, Harry Byrd recognized Almond as a hot vote getter-and formidable Republican Ted Dalton was again running for Governor...
...tiger on the scent, Task Force 77 stalked around the island of Formosa. Spread out across the glittering sea were 17 ships deployed around the strike carriers Midway and Lexington. Ahead and on the flank prowled four destroyers, listening for sonar pings. Off to port, screened by six more destroyers, was the carrier Princeton, an antisubmarine hunter-killer. Far to the west, 1,000-m.p.h. F8Us swept along the China coast, their sidewinder missiles inscribed with obscene messages to the Communists. "We make lots of big radar blips," said one of Midway's pilots...
...price of U.S. bonds (TIME, June 30). Many, gambling on a continued rise, bought the new bonds with nothing down. But in June it also became plain that the recession had hit bottom and the FRB might have to tighten credit. Bond buyers saw the promise of higher interest ahead and dumped their holdings. The speculative bubble burst. As prices fell, the yields reached as high as 3! on Government bonds. The Government bond market turned so weak that when the Treasury floated a $16.3 billion issue of one-year certificates, the FRB had to support the market by buying...
...carrying out a master plan for a balanced company, Litton now has a healthy sales split of 45% military, 55% commercial. Yet Thornton, is the first to admit that "we have a long way to go"-and that the road ahead will be slippery. Though Litton's profits reached $3,700,000 in the last fiscal year, they have yet to live up to the price of his highly touted, fast-rising stock, now selling at 56^-or 26 times earnings. The competition in the industry is growing so rough that competitors still question whether Litton is strong enough...