Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Delta Sig chapter at U.C.L.A. extends an invitation to Mr. Morton ... to come to breakfast, lunch or dinner. No prior notice will be required; just drop in ... 40? for breakfast, 60? for lunch, and 85? for dinner. I defy him to match our prices and food . . . Ketchup is on the house...
...interest as you do. The discussions sometimes get a bit gusty, but I'd rather listen in on some of these sessions than sit in on The Pursuit of Happiness round table which LIFE ran. These people are really pursuing happiness. They are trying to get the last drop of pleasure out of life. Yet they have changed their outlook considerably since they have good books and magazines to read...
...drop was partly due to seasonal shipments of cattle to market, though they were running lower than at the same time last year. When prices started down, some farmers stopped shipping, hoping that a shorter supply would raise prices. Nevertheless, except for hogs, prices stayed down. The Department of Agriculture, which mortally hates and fears a fall in farm income, predicted that the lower prices would not last. Many another expert thought differently. Mark W. Pickell, executive secretary of the Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Association, said that prices would be "lower in November and December," even lower next year. Whoever...
Less Work, More Pay. U.S. employment slipped for the second consecutive month, but it was still at 60,312,000 in September, the Department of Commerce reported. The drop was caused by high school and college workers returning to school. Personal incomes were still climbing. They edged up in August to a record annual rate of $215 billion, up $2 billion over the July rate...
...Freeman goes down to the second floor to make up the editorial page, then gets in another lick at George Washington until 11, when "my secretaries put me to bed" on an office couch for 15 minutes. After his nap he sees visitors (his secretary says radio listeners sometimes drop in just to look at the great man) until 11:55, when he heads for the radio station again and his noon broadcast...