Word: butter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their first atom bomb, the Truman Administration decided to cut U.S. armed strength. Even Chinese intervention in Korea, said Symington, "did not bring us to our senses . . . We were told that we could handle this new Soviet aggression with one hand, while we piled the other hand high with butter and automobiles and television sets...
...Administration has changed. But one thing has not changed. The policy of butter and guns has not shifted in favor of guns . . . I do not believe this policy is right. Nor would the American people believe it right if they knew the truth...
From its beginning in 1932, Polaroid's bread & butter was photographic equipment and sunglasses. Soon he was making other glare-free devices-binoculars, desk lamps and railroad-car windows. Later, he brought out the phenomenally successful Polaroid Land Camera (TIME, May 30, 1949), which prints pictures within a minute after they are snapped. Last year, on sales of $13,400,000, up 45% in a year, Polaroid netted...
...week comes the climax of the Mahamastakabhisheka. The Jains have prepared a wooden scaffolding around the idol's back and sides. On the last day, hundreds of priests and sanyasis, as they have done for centuries, will mount the scaffolding holding clay pots full of milk and melted butter. To the sound of flutes and drums, they will pour milk and butter over Gomateswara's head. Then, the anointing accomplished, the faithful will scatter back to their homes across the breadth of India, for another 15 years or so, until the next Mahamastakabhisheka...
...Bread & Butter Note. In Bloomington, Ind., a burglar who appeared worried lest his robbery of $5 from a grocery go unnoticed left a message for the proprietor: "I robbed...