Word: catchingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surpassed the U.S.'s, that Soviet wool output was now 2.3 times that of the U.S. and second only to Australia's in the world. Only in meat production did he admit that the Soviet Union, producing less than half the U.S. output, was failing to catch up. But though declaring Malenkov's figure a lie (since it made his own seem less impressive), Khrushchev was almost certainly fudging his own figures. Western specialists, piecing together other evidence, suspect that Khrushchev has inflated current grain production so that party critics could not protest that his 153-million...
...splashed in uncombed confusion above her black velvet sheath. But weird as she looked, slack-mouthed, hazel-eyed Singer Tammy Grimes sounded wonderful-no mean accomplishment in the cramped quarters of Julius Monk's Downstairs at the Upstairs, a crowded Manhattan nightclub where the man who moves may catch his neighbor's elbow in his ear or his companion's highball...
Reel McCoy. Near Hyannis, Mass., Surf Fisherman George Vasquez got a firm strike, braced for battle, slowly played his catch to shore, landed a live, 70-in., rubber-flippered male skindiver...
...reflecting a hedge against more inflation as well as a hope of sharing in the growth of the economy. But it is not too high in the light of the earnings investors think they can expect. Nevertheless, some experts expect a pause or short drop for the Bull to catch his breath. The pessimists fear a major shakeout. They could be right only if the nation's reading on its new economy is wrong. And in 1958 the economy's reaction to recession earned it a well-deserved vote of confidence...
...third of the 1959 model market, compared to 28% during the 1958 model year. The face-lifted Ford is apparently outselling the completely redesigned Chevy, whose manufacturer was harder hit by strikes than Ford, has had trouble getting enough cars to dealers. Not until January will Chevy production catch up to Ford. Ford's orders are double last year's, dealers are down to a low 21-day inventory, and Ford says it is having a tough time meeting demand. Boasted Ford General Sales Manager Walter J. Cooper: "Ford will outsell any other make in the fourth quarter...