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...prince-and-pauper industry that lost money at a downturn in the economy, the steel industry has become so efficient that it was able to report healthy profits during the recession (1958: $877 million), while operating at only 60.6% of capacity. So much has the industry changed its complexion that steel stocks, once considered a risky speculation in a cyclical industry, are now considered attractive growth investments. As a result, they have been steadily moving up in the stock market until many of them are selling at alltime highs...
...attacked motherhood, childhood, adulthood, sainthood. And in perhaps a dozen nightclubs across the country-from Manhattan's Den to Chicago's Mr. Kelly's to San Francisco's hungry i-audiences paid stiff prices to soak it up. For the "sick" comedians, life's complexion has never looked so green...
This one race changed the complexion of the meet, and the Crimson never seriously threatened, although it performed brilliantly. Captain Albie Gordon ran one of the best races of his career, a 48.1 440, but he lost by a step to Yale's Jim Stack, who set a meet mark with his 48.0 clocking. Crimson sophomore Frank Yeomans' 9.8 performance in the 100 was good only for a second to Bulldog Steve Snyder...
Mother Advocate is back! Her complexion somehow freshening in the spring sun, her wheel-chair gliding effortlessly as if oiled by vernal juices, she sits serenely by various newsstands in the Square, happily disproving the pessimists who bet this doughty octogenarian would never live the winter through...
...clod," he said, suddenly capable of speech. "Why do you have to go changing the complexion of my maid-pale peace at this hour of the morning. I feel sick...