Word: boom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political logic behind Taft's New Hampshire decision: he has much to gain there, and little to lose. If he scores a dramatic upset and runs ahead of Eisenhower, the Ike boom-especially the argument that Ike is a Winner and Taft isn't-will be dealt a critical blow. If he runs close behind Ike, he can claim a moral victory. Taft would be seriously hurt if he ran third, behind Eisenhower and Harold Stassen, who also entered the race last week. The Ohio Senator was willing to gamble on that possibility. "Win, lose or draw," said...
...couple of grubby rooms on the second floor of the Tremont building in downtown Boston are the the nerve center of the Eisenhower-for-President boom in Massachusetts. Working amid half-opened bundles of pamphlets marked MASSACHUSETTS--IKE--RUSH, the State Sponsoring Committee for Eisenhower is trying to translate the grass roots sentiment for Ike into convention votes...
This spirit of growing confidence, both at home & abroad, has helped attract an ample supply of fresh capital to keep the boom going. Canadian investors, who were once somewhat timid about their own prospects, last year plowed back a record 22% of their national income into new development. United States, British and Swiss capital is rushing into the bullish Canadian market. American investors have put more than $7 billion into Canada, the heaviest U.S. stake in any foreign country. And the flow is increasing steadily, as Canada shows that she has both the wealth and the men to work...
Through the postwar boom years, as the war plants were converted, Howe had to develop new secondary industries around them, and keep them in such balance that the economy would not be upset by overproduction in one field, shortages in another. In Canada's free economy, Howe had no direct power to stop any citizen from launching any legitimate business. But he had the power to grant or withhold priorities, tax write-offs and government loans...
William G. Perry, Jr., Director of the Bureau or Study Counsel, then referred to Hy-Marx as the "bibles of the get-by student." Segel attributed the boom to "high quality and usefulness. We capitalize on the exam-craze of these `get-by' students and give the `Gentlemen C' boys just what they want...