Word: cons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thomas hopes that un der these conditions nothing untoward will happen, and it gives him great pleasure to initiate a collaboration which, he trusts, will continue for many years." The appointment confirmed what Eng lish critics have been saying for more than a year: Davis is the most promising con ducting talent to appear in England since Sir Thomas himself rose to fame. He is not a spectator's conductor. A solidly built, shock-haired man with a Mozartean profile, he conducts spiritedly but has none of the balletic exuberance of Bernstein or the smooth elegance of Sir Adrian...
Chemical companies often call for molds or bacteria to make such things as citric acid for soft drinks. Airplane manufac turers order fungi to test the mildew proofing of their airplanes. Three strains of mutated Staphylococcus aureus, a con tribution from Russia, are used for screen ing anti-cancer drugs...
...going on." Consumers, too, have their doubts about the pace of the economy, and some mer chants report a buyers' tendency to put off deferable "big-ticket" purchases- furniture, appliances, etc. The University of Michigan's Survey Research Center this week reported "a marked decline in con sumer optimism" in the past two months...
...novel's end. the violent past has caught up with the placid present. The Indians are soon corrupted by the liquor that Jerrod's father illegally sells them. Civilization intrudes in other ways; a hard-boiled woman reporter publicizes Teawhit, drawing crowds of bumptious tourists, and con men stage a carnival and a rodeo-cheap shows that fake what once was real and vital. In the first of a series of almost ceremonial deaths, one Indian rams his model T into an imitation totem pole. Little Buckety dies when he falls off a bronco at the rodeo. Author...
...wanted to go it alone, offered to buy B. & O. stock as the first step toward merger. Last week, as the C. & O. mailed its offer to B. & O. stockholders, New York Central President Alfred Perlman jumped into action. He appealed to the Interstate Commerce Commission to con duct a study to establish new ground rules for Eastern rail mergers, hoping thus to block the other roads moves until he can strengthen his own position. He also said he wants to make an offer to B.&O. stockholders for 50% of the road's stock...