Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dille wanted Yager to plan his adventures well ahead, submit proofs in advance, stick to "scientific probability," and cut out flighty nonsense, e.g., mist-men who appear and disappear at will. "We argued and talked about it," said Dille, "and, believe me, there are times when a syndicate president would like to put an artist into orbit...
...following wind, and the wind stayed aft for three days. Finisterre ran downhill and showed her stern to many a deep-keeled craft that might have passed her had they been slugging it out to windward. Four days out, Finisterre got another break when the big boats up ahead ran into a calm. While they slatted helplessly, the smaller boats like Finisterre closed the gap the big fellows had opened up. On the last day, when storms made up in the southeast, Finisterre held her own in dusty going and drove home an easy winner...
...Keeping his eye fixed on all possibilities of turning a fast buck, Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain, the 7-ft.-2-in. lapsed amateur from the University of Kansas (TIME, June 2) looked over the basketball season ahead and announced a change of plans. Rather than gamble on taking his own team on tour, Wilt decided on a sure thing. He signed a one-year contract with those skillful showboaters, the Harlem Globetrotters...
...billion-may be over. The Commerce Department reported that while there was "no clear evidence that inventory liquidation is slowing," sales and production have steadied. The history of previous recessions shows that once sales steady, inventory liquidation comes to an end (see chart). Wholesale and retail sales moved ahead in April, are expected to show a slight drop for May. If they hold steady for a few months, economists hope that the cut in inventories will...
...longer a question of touching bottom-that happened some weeks ago. The question now is how fast the recovery will spread. "Even the incomplete data for the second quarter add up unequivocally to more than a seasonal gain." Not only did defense outlays and public works shoot ahead, but housing, car sales and production of steel, lumber, apparel, aircraft, petroleum were all on the upgrade. The FRB index of production, which rose a point in May, will probably be up another point for June, said FORTUNE. "Together, these gains add up to an all-around recovery." FORTUNE'S predictions...