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Word: boomingest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...trudged busily around the country. Last week he woke up with a start to discover that Adlai Stevenson held a runaway lead for the Democratic nomination. And next week even the most somnolent of the U.S.'s 120 million televiewers will know full well that the biggest and boomingest and showiest convention extravaganza in the history of national politics is at hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Man of Spirit | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

...complaints are not merely on size alone. In today's buyers' market, people are no longer satisfied with yesterday's dominolike housing developments. Location and landscaping have become vital. In Southern Cali fornia's Orange County, long one of the state's boomingest areas, thousands of houses are going begging, while developments in the San Fernando Valley are still a sellout. One big reason is that Orange County is becoming heavily industrialized; people would rather live in pleasant, factory-free surroundings even though they may have to drive 30 miles to work. The story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock: *BETTER HOUSES ABUILDING- | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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