Word: backlog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...provide thirsty cities, Los Angeles, Houston, New York and others, with unlimited supplies; it is considering a bill to authorize longterm, interest-free loans (up to $5,000,000) to local groups that want to build small dams. But Congress has left the Army Engineers with an $8.5 billion backlog of flood-control and water-storage projects. Only last week the House Appropriations Committee slashed $48 million from President Eisenhower's $512 million budget for water projects next year. The price of water conservation may seem high, but the cost of water shortage is even higher...
...Hoover Commission, instead of trying to save the Government money, denounced Secretary Hobby's Department of Health, Education and Welfare for not having spent enough-on research. Specific target: $7,400,000 needed by the National Institutes of Health for a backlog of 723 research projects on topics ranging from mental health to photosynthesis...
...expected "leveling off" in steel and autos may have already begun. As of the middle of May, although new cars were still selling well, dealers had about 750,000 new cars on hand, the biggest backlog since prewar days. While current orders from automakers remain strong, demand is expected to slip soon. However, with nonauto steel buying continuing to increase, the steel industry is looking for no real slump in demand...
...posters, the papier decoupes and the decorative works, Matisse arrived at that "condensation" towards which his later paintings and drawings seemed to be moving. Its virtue are a profound simplicity of design and powerful use of color. A backlog of 50 years of technical knowledge imparts surety and strength to his childlike visions...
...million order with Douglas Aircraft for 40 of its speedy (365 m.p.h.) piston-engined DC-7s, the biggest order ever placed by an airline with a single manufacturer. Two days later, Northwest Airlines ordered another 14 Douglas planes costing $28 million. Together, the two boosted Douglas' backlog to 156 planes, worth more than $500 million, the highest figure in its history. At rival Lockheed, orders were on hand for $225 million worth of Constellations...