Word: ahead
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stevenson backers who might begin to get that dizzy feeling, Gallup had some bad news: Vice President Richard Nixon's tour through Latin America (TIME, May 5, et seq.) boosted his political stock substantially, for the first time put him ahead of Democrat Stevenson in the "trial heat" popularity votes that Gallup kept on running between just about any possible pair of candidates from the two parties. In March Nixon got 47% against Stevenson's 53%; in the last poll Nixon drew 53% to Stevenson...
Outgo of $78 billion, or $4.1 billion more than the President's January estimate. But Washington officials have conceded that 1959 spending might run as high as $80 billion. If it does, unless the economy perks up sharply during the twelve months ahead, the 1959 deficit could reach $13 billion or more...
Just as the wheat farmers and cattlemen in the old dust-bowl area saw success ahead with lots of rain, big crops and good prices, along-as always-came something else. Last week, in millions of waving green acres of western Kansas, eastern Colorado, and extending north into Nebraska and south into the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico, the something else was the promise of the worst grasshopper plague in 20 years...
...average up seven points to 469.60, the highest level since September and a good 50 points above the recession low set last October. Spurred on by the good steel news, U.S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic rose. Lower gasoline stocks and the prospect of stiffer curbs shoved the depressed oils ahead. Even the troubled railroads, which have had precious little to toot about this year, built up some steam. With the possibility of favorable legislation, the Dow-Jones railroad average hit a new 1958 high...
Construction showed a $400 million gain to $4.1 billion in May-and gave the Northwest's troublesome lumber industry real hope for better business. Though output is down 10% from last year, lumbermen talk encouragingly of a second-half push that might carry the industry 2% or 3% ahead...