Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chief of state: Kliment Voroshilov, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet...
Whitehead, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Lincoln Square Theatre for Repertory Drama, and well-known producer, stressed the psychological and subjective bases of the American theatre. Theatre in the Soviet Union, by contrast, favors the belief that "art that was psychological is decadent...
...billion to push the seven-month total 16% ahead of a year ago. Biggest gains were in home building, which leveled in July at a seven-month rate 32% above last year. So great is the demand for funds to finance home mortgages that Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. warned: "Overstimulation of building activity under currently developing boom conditions" must be held in check to avoid a later downturn...
...earnings rise came from a strong demand for oil products that exceeded earlier industry forecasts. With record six-month sales of $621 million, Sinclair Oil Corp. boosted profits to $1.76 per share, v. $1.45 in the first half last year. Second-half prospects, noted Sinclair Chairman P. C. Spencer, are even brighter. Said he: "In July gasoline prices began to strengthen appreciably, and if this trend can be maintained, it is reasonable to expect that the remainder of 1959 should continue to show improvement...
From nearly all sectors of industry, earnings were rising in what appeared to be the biggest quarterly gain over the comparable quarter a year before since the end of World War II. General Motors' Chairman Frederic G. Donner reported that corporate sales of $3.3 billion in the second quarter were the second best in history for that period (best: igss's $3.4 billion). G.M.'s first-half earnings climbed to $2.08 per share, v. $1.17 in the same period last year. Westinghouse Electric Corp. showed how well it had stepped up efficiency under President Mark W. Cresap...