Word: cheap
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...September's end it was clear to Red China that there would be no cheap victory at Quemoy. On Oct. 6 the Communists declared their first cease-fire-"out of humanitarian considerations," as they put it. The Nationalists coolly used the letup to unload tens of thousands of tons on Quemoy. On Oct. 20 the Communists canceled the ceasefire, laid down erratic shellfire until Nov. 3, when they put down about 40,000 shells in a bombardment that had so little military meaning that U.S. observers conclude it must have been aimed at U.S. voters...
...officer, the court asked: If a man locked a door to keep out several federal officers, would he "commit as many crimes as there are officers?" Obviously not, as the majority saw it. Dissenting, Justice Tom Clark argued that the majority decision made assaults on federal officers "just as cheap by the dozen." Still to be decided by lower courts: Did Ladner fire only one shot...
...what it calls "Buck Rogers stocks." Eager buyers this year boosted Texas Instruments from 26¾ to 86, Raytheon from 22 to 62⅝, Fairchild Camera from 18⅞ to 64¾, General Transistor from 17 to 51. But to many Wall Streeters, even such high prices seem cheap when sales and earnings are zooming. Explains one broker: "Current earnings are already past history. If you want to participate in growth, you have...
...South, steel mills, iron foundries, etc., set up 1871 in midst of Jones Valley iron ore, coal, limestone; now centers around Tennessee Coal & Iron Division of U.S. Steel Corp. with 25,000 employees, also diversifies into 720 firms, e.g., Hayes Aircraft Corp., which turn out 3,250 products. Ample cheap labor force: rural white in-migrants, Negroes. Negro population: 38.9%, with rising living standards, though only 21.1% of Negro families make upwards of $4,000 a year against 77.2% of whites. Tourist attraction: Vulcan, 55-ft. monument on top of 120-ft. pedestal on Red Mountain to god of metalwork...
...others that distinguish him from ordinary playwrights. One of the greatest of these is a fervent seriousness and integrity. I do not call this a virtue out of some vague feeling that high-mindedness is a Good Thing. It means that in all probability Osborne will never write a cheap or sleazy sentence in his life...