Word: distinction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feat in the Hearst empire." As general manager of the newspapers, Kern will have a chance to communicate his sense of equilibrium where it is needed most-on the Hearst company's balance sheet. Last week Hearst directors voted to pay no quarterly dividend, though they noted "a distinct improvement in earnings over last year," when nine-month losses ran to more than $1,000,000 (TIME...
...script and its humor was generally enjoyable, although perhaps overloaded with puns. As Amaryllis-Ann, the oil tycoon's daughter, Rosalind Froug added spark and charm to lines and a characterization which might otherwise have bordered on the routine. Speaking with an outrageous accent or singing with a pleasant, distinct voice, Miss Froug projects an case that is a delight to watch. Her oil-mad father is played by David James, who flashes a jaunty smile, a hybrid of Maurice Chevalier and the elder Fairbanks. Complete with wild tie and ten gallon hat, James has perfected his drawl, making...
...simply not equipped to control gas production. Since June some 7,000 applications for rate increases have been filed, and FPC has not yet acted on most of them. The problem is not simply one of setting a gas rate for 5,000 producers. Each gas field is a distinct operation with separate problems; rates must be set for thousands of different wells. The industry is so closely bound up with oil that gas exploration, drilling, and production costs are inextricably mixed together. To regulate gas, FPC would also, indirectly, partially control oil prices. Moreover, costs of drilling wells...
...scholarship program for qualified students already enrolled in college has distinct advantages over an Annapolis-type institution for Foreign Service candidates alone. While the Wriston proposal calls for an expenditure of two million dollars a year for approximately 750 scholarship grants, that figure is economical compared to the sum that would be required to establish and maintain a separate Foreign Service Academy. The State Department has held that prospective Foreign Service officers can gain as adequate a preparation for a diplomatic career in any of the nation's accredited college as they could in an academy of their...
...level, is practicable, because the ratios between the Powers are inconstant. If A and B agree to limit their armaments, the real ratio will be changed if, for example, A invents new weapons or if B concludes an alliance. There is still a lingering belief in total disarmament, as distinct from a reduction of armaments. Total disarmament would exclude the United States from intervention in Europe and Asia. The free countries of the Old World would be overwhelmed by the Sino-Russian millions...