Word: break
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Like all developments, there is an incubation period that costs money, then a rapid rate of growth when the product is right for the market and pays off." Burns will also have to deal with charges of monopoly against RCA: Philco last week sued RCA in an attempt to break a patent pool through which RCA collects royalties on some 12,000 patents, and both Zenith and the Government are suing to break the pool. Another of Burns's major jobs will be to develop young executive material. If Burns succeeds in meeting the challenges at RCA, he will...
...boys would sidle up to a counter and, standing not five feet from a clerk, would cram everything he could lay his hands on up the sleeve of the coat. Another gang pretended to collect newspapers and went around ringing doorbells until it found an empty house to break into. No matter how dumb these boys may appear, it is important to remember that they are trained experts and very clever in their field...
...successful cross-examiner, he said, "must have an understanding of applied psychology" and an accurate memory in order to break down the testimony of witnesses, as well as "the ability to instantly make decisions...
...especially if the world championship is at stake. So the crowd that crammed a room of Manhattan's Biltmore Hotel last week to watch Italy's best take on a team of six of the best U.S. players was a little surprised when it was urged to break all the un written rules. "Hiss when you want to," said the master of ceremonies. "Cheer or boo or shout. The players can't hear you." The players were comfortably quaran tined behind soundproof glass walls so they would not be disturbed by crowd noise, the monologue...
This year, with Krebs improving in every game, S.M.U. looks better than ever using an attack that is deceptively simple: break fast and feed the ball to Krebs. "A lot of clubs run plays off the pivot man," explains Hayes frankly. "We don't. If we can get the ball to him and he can score, the green light...