Word: cons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lunch, Via Veneto troops off to the Capriccio, where Ingrid Bergman, Gloria Swanson or Marta Toren may be sighted among a scattering of princelings, or the Colony Club, run by an Italian-American from Long Island who features hamburgers, chili con carne and "Mrs. Wagner's baked beans," all recipes drawn from Macy's Cooking Encyclopedia...
...Con Game. In Salt Lake City. Brigham Krause complained to the embarrassed County Commission that the 700-by-50-ft. piece of tax-delinquent property he had bought for $100 turned out to be a section of a county roadway...
...misunderstand this new mood as narrow provincialism, selfishness or irresponsibility. But in fact it was a lot healthier than the global nail-biting that had preceded it. Chronic crisis and creeping frustration had produced some ugly effects in the U.S., the most conspicuous being the emotions roused pro and con a weightless opportunist named Joe McCarthy. Now McCarthy had receded to a mere smudge on the political landscape. His decline is part of the restoration of the U.S. picture to its proper perspective...
Despite the medics' enthusiasm, Ike himself has some complaints. Before meals he gulps a spoonful of mild bulk producer to fill up his stomach and cut down on his appetite. Always a heavy eater, he still loves good plain food, has a few exotic tastes, e.g., chili con carne and Chinese dishes. Occasionally, when he indulges these tastes in a hurry and under pressure, he ends up with an upset stomach. At the G.O.P. Convention in Chicago in 1952, he bolted a big Chinese meal, and sent the jitters through his closest supporters when...
Anaconda Wire & Cable, he also made it the world's biggest fabricator. Two years ago, weary of all the talk about aluminum cutting into copper's markets, Con Kelley made a typical move: he decided to spend $45 million on an Anaconda aluminum mill, which will go into production at Columbia Falls, Mont, this summer. His most recent venture: he put Anaconda into developing what may be the largest U.S. uranium deposit in New Mexico (TIME, April...