Word: april
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There were signs, too, that U.S. consumers were spending again. The Federal Reserve 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...
...tough little film about a washed-up smalltimer (Robert Ryan) in the fight racket (TIME, April...
Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
Armored Jeeps. In the four months since he came to power in a bloodless military coup (TIME, April 11), Husni Zaim, an ex-Turkish army officer, has exhibited many of the trappings of a dyed-in-the-wool dictator-personal bodyguards, an extensive repertory of uniforms and a smoothly clicking propaganda machine. But in at least one respect, he was different: his soft heart treated bitter political enemies with relative leniency. Last week, even fumbling old Shukri el-Kuwatly, whom Zaim had deposed as President, had been permitted to leave his guarded hospital cot for a "complete rest" in Switzerland...
...Berkleys of Broadway. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers still make an engaging dance team (TIME, April...