Word: closer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dark places of the American mind." But he was no totalitarian, not even a reactionary; he was a nihilist, "a revolutionist without any revolutionary vision." Anything but a conformist, he attacked the Army, the Protestant clergy, the press, the two major parties. He was, says Rovere, ''closer to the hipster than to the Organization...
More amazing still, for 1959's claims, was the boast that hardly an acre of additional land would have to be placed in cultivation. Red China had imported hundreds of thousands of tons of fertilizer, sent its experts about the country teaching the intricacies of double cropping, closer planting and deeper plowing. "As great as the revolutionary vigor is," said the party to the peasant, "so great will be the yield...
...common airspace system for both military and commercial planes, opened thousands of square miles of "restricted" military space to commercial carriers. He prefers to use soft talk instead of a big stick, but he can hit hard, especially when pilots fail to realize that jet planes require a much closer watch than older, slower planes...
...first mile of the three-mile grind, Syracuse held the lead, but at the halfway mark, running a stroke under Syracuse, Coach Norm Sonju's Wisconsin eight forged in front. At two miles, Syracuse edged closer. But with a half mile to go, Wisconsin mounted a killing sprint at 39 strokes per minute, coasted home to win by two lengths for its first I.R.A. victory since 1951, when the regatta was held at Marietta, Ohio...
...growth of major cities on the West Coast encouraged packers and farmers to set up markets at Denver, Kansas City, Omaha and other points closer home. At the same time, the spread of new highways and the upsurge of the trucking industry offset Chicago's advantage as a rail center. Livestock production spread east and south. In World War II, rationing and price control, strictly enforced in Chicago, encouraged behind-the-barn slaughter throughout the farm belt. Once broken of the habit of shipping to Chicago, many farmers never went back. By 1954 there were 2,367 separate packing...