Word: boom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Through Weber's telescope the rocks of Alcatraz and the geometric concrete buildings showed clearly. You could even make out men in uniform standing on the walls, other men running along the cliffs. Puffs of smoke occasionally blossomed against a wall; then a "Boom" drifted across the Bay. Thousands of San Franciscans watched through field glasses...
...greatest ovation in my 50 years of concert going," said Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Sr. Said Jeritza: "A rabbit could have scared me away. I went to the post like a race horse which wears blinders. My heart was going boom, boom, boom...
...psychic attitude, believes that The Snake Pit is "so good that you cannot read it in one sitting." Laymen, while appreciating the literary skill that illuminates the weird, narrow private life of the insane, may feel that The Snake Pit is just another morbid addition to the current boom in morbid pathological fiction...
...hotel business. So in 1939 they bought control of Boston's swank Copley Plaza and Sheraton, both of which were losing money. Henderson admitted that he was not an expert on the hotel business, allowed his managers almost complete freedom. Both hotels, aided by the burgeoning war boom, housing shortages, lost no time moving into the black...
...last week, Treanor had seen enough to act. He was not sure whether the boom in new stocks was caused by 1) the bull market (which brokers said it was), or 2) fiscal magic. If magic, he knew how the trick was worked. Many an issue was "sold out" early on the day of issue because underwriting firms and their broker-retailers had placed shares in the accounts of partners or employes, or in the firm's own trading account. When the public heard the issue was sold out, they were convinced it was a good buy, so they...