Word: boons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...disappearance, as envisioned by Byrd, will be a boon to the taxpayer. Its huge security and mortgage holdings would be put up for sale by the Treasury. The proceeds, Byrd estimates, would amount to $700 million, and if his bill becomes law, they will be used "exclusively for reduction of the public debt...
This may not bother you as it did me. In fact , it mayneven be a boon, for to the extent that Fischer's thesis depends on the Viasov movement, it is subject to all the frailties of a generalization based on but one instance (the Viasov movement is the only case of organized opposition under modern Russian conditions). Since so little of basic importance does depend on Vlasov, the appearance of an entirely different sort of rebellious group would not invalidate Fischer's main argument...
Neither theater has suffered official admonition from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, but both have heard rumblings. One BIR official merely announced: "[Gillespie] can go ahead as long as he operates within the law." Meanwhile, Honor Night may become the biggest box-office boon since dishes and Bingo...
Along with the trend toward neatness and feminity and the emphasis on belts, accessories of all kinds are getting attention. The all-purpose leather pocketbook is being made in a variety of shapes and sizes, a boon to the little girl who looks as if she's carrying her laundry when she sports an Amazon-sized satchel bag. The favorite all-purpose gloves are still string-knit, with the British product out in front...
...this country to accomplish his purpose. It went on to say: "The last time U.S. Reds were investigated-by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in 1919-some 5,000 people were arrested and 263 deported . . . Some Congressmen think that to stamp out U.S. Communism now would be a national boon, cheap at any price...