Word: closers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...frame over the chart tables, carefully puts on his reading glasses for a close, almost wordless examination of the results. And the exercises continue unceasingly, each one posing new problems, each one bringing some disappointment, yet each one bringing Thach and Alfa a step or so closer to vital answers. Such an exercise was that in which the Sea Leopard recently "destroyed" Washington with its Very-pistol flare...
What the shorts got caught in was a war for control, which saw almost all the company's stock taken out of circulation. Originally, the shorts had sold at a price of about $42, expecting the stock to decline because book value and earnings indicated a price closer to $30 a share. They guessed wrong. Trying to oust the Bruce family management, which owns 31% of the 314,600 shares outstanding, New York Manufacturer Edward Gilbert and his associates began buying, sent the price to $77 by June. More than 280,000 shares were traded, including at least...
Edsel has a wider, lower look, though the purse-mouthed grille remains. Prices: closer to Ford to reduce competition with Mercury...
Thrown in with the Middle East questions at the press conference was one that brought the President closer than in years to the edge of an I-told-you-so-and justifiably. The question: Now that the recession is receding, steel prices going up and federal budget deficits looming, did the President have any plans for dealing with the problem of inflation? Said he: "Well, strangely enough, you gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, were hearing me talk about this problem of inflation a few months back, when everybody wanted to spend more money and to decrease taxes . . ." Dwight Eisenhower, economic conservative...
...month when the moon is in the best position for tracking; if the rocket fizzles on the launching pad, another attempt must await the same short period next month. Even if the probe does get off on schedule, the perils of imprecision mount as the vehicle soars closer to the moon. The margin for error at the rendezvous point is about 30 minutes, and the slightest miscalculation in the rocket's fuel mixture could ruin the whole attempt...