Word: boom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...70th birthday, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who relaxed during the past twelve months by scurrying some 50,000 miles to boom the United Nations, sat back and reflected on her bustling life...
Another reason for the pickup is the Administration's fiscal policy. Fifteen months ago, while the boom still was pushing up prices, the Administration tightened up on credit. As soon as business showed signs of contracting, the Government nimbly reversed its policy, followed through with more liberal housing laws and the biggest tax cut in history ($7.5 billion). The change in policy cost the Administration a balanced budget. But, just like the Truman Administration, the Republicans thought a balanced budget not worth paying for with more jobless, less business expansion and falling sales...
...great U.S. housing boom, no one has done better than James Robert Price of Lafayette, Ind. As founder and boss of National Homes Corp., Price has succeeded where many another failed: he proved that a prefabricated house can be mass-produced and sold at a profit without looking like a Quonset hut. Last year Price sold 14,127 nonfarm houses; in 1954 he will account for one out of every 48 started. On a gross of $41 million, National netted $1,700,000 in fiscal...
...great U.S. housing boom, which the experts have prematurely buried at regular intervals since World War II, was still setting new records. Housing starts in August, reported the Bureau of Labor Statistics, totaled 111,000, up 19% from a year ago. In Dallas the pace was so fast that there was a shortage of such supplies as wallboard, cement and plumbing equipment. In Levittown, Pa., where Mass Builder William J. Levitt showed off a new three-bedroom, two-living-room house (with garage) for $10,990, some 30,000 people stood in line to inspect it. In one week Levitt...
Speed Limits. Few industries have grown as fast as outboard motors since World War II. Sales have gone up from 290,000 units in 1951 to an estimated 500,000 in 1954. Rising incomes and increased leisure time have contributed to the boom. So has the do-it-yourself trend, which makes it possible to be an outboard yachtsman, with a homemade, 23-ft. cabin cruiser for as little as $859. Among real outboard fans, it is not unusual to hitch up two motors astern for added speed and maneuverability. Another stimulant to the boom has been the creation...