Word: almost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hours Across. The Comet can, however, cut the long, boring flight across the Atlantic almost in half. It is expected to make New York nonstop from London in six to seven hours; it would be no trick at all to make a round trip in a day. Four hops could get it to Australia in 36 hours. De Havilland hopes that many passengers in a hurry will gladly pay extra for speed...
...been whooshed out from airplanes on almost every kind of territory where noxious insects breed. When properly done, say Authors Hoffmann & Linduska, the results have usually been good. As little as one-tenth of a pound of DDT per acre is effective against some mosquitoes. Many serious forest pests, such as gypsy moths, are controlled by somewhat larger doses. Other insects are killed at the same time, but in most cases the insect population of the forest returns to normal a few weeks after the spraying...
...Board reported that April had witnessed the end of the unraveling in textiles and some other nondurable goods. June installment buying hit an alltime record of $9.1 billion. And despite the increase in unemployment, the rate of personal income was still running above 1948. Some businessmen began to feel almost as cheerful as General Mills's Chairman Harry A. Bullis, who said last week: "We are on our way towards a soundly priced American prosperity that can be sustained...
...public utilities, once so ailing, were doing almost as well as steel and autos, thanks to a bracing tonic of rate increases. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph, A.T. & T. controlled, boosted...
...Waldorf-Astoria three months ago, grizzled old Chaim Weizmann had lunch with young Henry Ford II. Israel's President spoke of his country's desperate need for motor transportation. With only 30 miles of the rickety Haifa-to-Cairo coastal railroad operating, Israel had to rely almost entirely on highway transport, and therefore needed the U.S. auto industry's help. Weizmann's plea presented Ford a double opportunity: to wipe out the last unpleasant memories of Grandfather Henry Ford's involvement in anti-Semitism,* and at the same time to swing a big deal...