Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...immediate result, however, was a sharp crack-down in the bars themselves. Protests of "but I've been drinking here for two years" were of little consequence as long as the individual could not produce conclusive proof...
Steelmakers got up out of their summer slowdown and pushed operations to 82.7% of capacity. For the rest of the year mills are expected to pour about 85% of capacity, may well crack 1955's alltime production record of 117 million tons. Said Iron Age: "The looked-for upturn in steel is under way, and will reach a peak in late November or early December...
Osservatore called on police to crack down, and within 48 hours Rome police did, but with tact befitting a nation anxious to remain the world's No. 1 tourist attraction. A "strict and precise" directive to police noted that under Article One of the Concordat between Italy and the Vatican state, "police are obliged to prevent and repress any abuse against morality. Those found in succinct clothing will be gently invited to leave and to dress themselves with greater decorum. In cases of resistance, they will be identified, reported to their respective embassies and prosecuted...
...Illinois' Abe Woodson scampering downfield and shot Wake Forest Fullback Billy Ray Barnes across to score. But when Notre Dame's Paul Hornung (Green Bay Packers) missed the extra point, the All-Stars had to settle for a 6-0 lead. The Giants settled for something more: crack performances by two of their oldest, saltiest veterans. Ben Agajanian, 38, Giant kicking master for seven years, stepped delicately onto the muddy field to score a three-point field goal. In the second quarter, Quarterback Charley Conerly, 33, master of the wet ball, passed the pros into...
...Beitz instead of Herr Generaldirektor), earned the nickname "the American" for his breezy ways and love of jazz. But he fired up the conservative management, tightened up the firm's operations, soon had Krupp humming with new energy. "I am a circus manager," says Beitz, "and I must crack the whip. Action-action right now-is what we must have...