Word: drain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teen-ager senses vaguely that the border between heavy social drinking and semi-alcoholism is a thin line over which her parents keep falling. A cook gives the youngster the idea that she would be doing everyone a favor by pouring an occasional bottle of liquor down the drain. This policy reaches a hilarious climax one night when Amy's father barks at a prim, sleep-dazed old lady babysitter: "You must be stinking, Mrs. Henlein . . . You drank a full quart of gin." When his little girl tries to run away from home, the father, who is always going...
...Furniture men will have an increasingly tough time trying to sell cheap but poorly made or cheap but flashy furniture, known in the trade as "Borax." Said Indianapolis Retailer Harry Schacter, co-chairman of the new council: "Manufacturers and retailers who stay with Borax will go down the drain. The taste level of Americans is being raised...
Partly, FRB acted to relieve a sharp $600 million drain on bank reserves caused by heavy purchases of gold by foreign nations, largely Great Britain, whose exchange position has improved dramatically in recent months. More important, the FRB was increasingly anxious to stimulate the lagging U.S. economy by making credit both cheaper and more plentiful...
...matter of fact, the script is rather too strongly inclined to see the best in people and events. The war clouds are dark indeed, but somehow they usually turn out to have a silver lining. And toward the end the whole film goes gargling noisily down the vulgar drain of propaganda...
...governors could afford to be cool because state unemployment-compensation treasuries, constantly replenished by payroll taxes, are still well filled. With a record $320 million drain in February, the total pool decreased by only $173 million, leaving a huge balance of $8.2 billion. Despite gubernatorial coolness, the Administration will probably move ahead with some sort of plan expanding unemployment compensation. At the same time, it will continue speeding the flow of federal money into the economy. Last week the President ordered Housing and Home Finance Administrator Albert Cole to speed up the spending and lending of about $650 million...