Word: bit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Insane Bickering." The Eisenhower plan got still another big boost, this one from Missouri's bulb-nosed Democratic Congressman Clarence Cannon, 79, chairman of the potent House Appropriations Committee, and a man who considers himself every bit as much a military expert as Carl Vinson. Rising on the House floor, Cannon delivered an old-fashioned stem-winder. "Who is better qualified." demanded Democrat Cannon, "in training, experience, and capacity than General Eisenhower? When it comes to military affairs involving the safety of the people and the survival of our form of government, he is a general, and I take...
...little bit reminiscent of England's finest hour. When 50,000 London busmen went out on strike last week, some officials gloomily predicted utter chaos. Instead, London recaptured its blitz spirit. In crowded Tubes, people stepped on one another's toes with the utmost amiability. Car owners met all sorts of interesting people by picking up hitchhikers, and one bowlered businessman came to work each day by water-scootering happily down the Thames. Commented Pub Owner Ted Wright: "I feel healthier-less diesel fumes around." Trumpeted the Daily Mail proudly: LONDON CAN TAKE...
Commander in chief of the two-bit Dominican air force, Ramfis came to the U.S. last summer to attend a year's course at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kans. Because of frequent leaves, arranged through his embassy in Washington, he has apparently remained innocent of the higher principles of military strategy, but his cafeé-society tactics have improved by the week...
...closer the time when many industries must start reordering. As steel stocks slipped down to the 1954 level, steelmen report that 10% of all capacity-and 20% of all new orders -is on a rush basis, about as high as the industry can go. With production currently up a bit to 50%, steelmen forecast an upsurge of ten percentage points in the next eight weeks. Said Iron Age magazine: "This is brave talk. Yet some steelmen think it is a conservative estimate...
FOOD PRICES are expected to decline a bit this month, cut consumer price index for first time since August of 1956. Reason: heavier supplies of beef, fruits, vegetables are coming on market...