Word: busting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...basement of Seattle's Civic Auditorium, delegates to the biennial convention of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Bricklayers Union were happily engaged in the normal pursuits of a beer bust one night last week when a pair of topflight Democratic politicians dropped in. He hoped, said Adlai Stevenson, that his amiable and popular companion, Washington's Democratic Senator Warren Magnuson, would be re-elected by a big majority. Then he added: "And I hope he can carry somebody else along with...
...been sold out since August. The Chamber of Commerce candidly figures the fans, swarming into city nightclubs or out to the State Fair, leave at least $2,000,000 in the city's tills - -making football enthusiasts of every merchant in town. For Texans it was all a bust. A pair of fleetfooted Sooner halfbacks, Tommy McDonald and Clendon Thomas, sifted through the Texas defense with embarrassing ease, scored three touchdowns apiece. Final score: Oklahoma 45, Texas o. It was Oklahoma's 33rd consecutive victory, equaling a record set by the Pitt Panthers back in 1919. Elsewhere, collegiate...
Such are the confusions and complications surrounding Kefauver that reporters hesitate to say how the man is doing, even though on the surface he appears to be something of a bust. Much of the time, crowds have been small, tepid, granite-faced; there has been a notable scarcity of bands and banners and other normal accouterments of major campaigns. Said one veteran Washington reporter: "Estes and the people get along so well because they demand so little of each other." But among the people there is a good-natured feeling of kinship...
...with all its new stars and equipment NBC must continue to stage its biggest fight with CBS's Ed Sullivan Show, again pinning its hopes on Steve Allen to bust CBS's eight-year Sunday-at-eight audience dominance...
Viewing the statistics, some businessmen contend cheerfully that a constantly increasing population, the vast new opportunities unlocked by the atom, and the whole new field of electronics all help to assure continued high employment and demand for goods. But Martin contends that the risk of boom and bust is too dangerous, since the FRB is powerless to reverse full-scale depression. It takes more than easy credit to persuade a businessman to turn out goods for which there is no market. Argues Martin: "The Federal Reserve cannot turn the economy off and on like a faucet. But we can minimize...