Word: boom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very pleased to see you here," the professor began, through an interpreter. "It shows your interest in hybrid corn . . ." BOOM! went the crow-chaser. The professor went on with his lecture...
Much to everyone's surprise, the third-quarter-earnings reports that poured out last week were far better than expected. The new surge in the great boom had boosted profits until, on the average, they were running well ahead of 1951. Aggregate profits of 386 key companies in 24 industries were 7.4% higher than in 1951's third quarter. This was the first overall increase since the post-Korean buying spree in 1951's first quarter...
Actually, though the coming boom in G.G. creates problems for the National Research Council's Blood Committee, it may end the shortage which has had all defense authorities worried. Parents who have never bothered to give blood for the wounded in Korea might gladly give buckets to get shots of G.G. for their own children. Blood banks might give a credit of one inoculation for every pint of blood that the family donates. But the bottleneck in processing, the wrangles over distribution, and the high price of G.G. will remain to plague the authorities...
When he gets a chance, a percussionist can be the biggest boom in any symphony orchestra, but most of the time he just sits and counts on his fingers while the rest of the musicians play. To show himself off he can do two things: 1) beat the daylights out of his instruments when he comes to a triple fortissimo, and 2) watch for his chance to perform one of the rare works in the repertory in which the percussion is the whole show...
...reason for the bill's popularity is The Last Laugh: photographed by Karl Freund, the picture was one of the first movies to drop subtitles, and one of the first to use a mobile camera, boom and dolly shots and miniature sets (shot close up to look like the real thing). Its success was responsible for the Hollywood importation of Jannings, Freund* and Director F. W. Murnau, as well as for the development of several new cinema techniques...