Word: du
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...This threat of civil war was bad enough, but Hammarskjold was now more alarmed at the busy activities of Soviet Russia, which had first come in to help under the U.N.'s aegis, was now operating high, wide and handsome on its own. Fifteen Ilyushin transports, with "Republique du Congo" freshly painted on their sides, were flying in and out of Stanleyville, carrying troops and supplies to Lumumba's forward units. Also in the interior were 100 Russian trucks, and Soviet "technicians" were ar riving almost daily from the north...
Bubbles & Better X-Rays. Nearly all of these new products, like most of those coming out today, are as carefully plotted in advance as the building of an ocean liner. Many come at enormous cost. When Du Pont decided it wanted a "poor man's nylon," it experimented for twelve years, spent $50 million before it found Delrin, a formaldehyde plastic with many of the properties of nylon that can be made at considerably less cost. Put on the market about a year ago, Delrin has already started to take a big bite out of the metal industry...
BEST-RUN COMPANIES in the U.S. were picked by panel of 171 company presidents for Dun's Review. First five in order: E. I. du Pont, General Electric, General Motors, International Business Machines, and the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing...
...mutual funds, insurance companies) now returning to the market and the market's basic psychology improving, many Wall Streeters believe that the market is ready to respond to favorable news, take off on a sustained advance to new highs. Says Gerald S. Colby, partner of Boston's du Pont, Homsey & Co.: "The market is seeing better business ahead. It does not care what the economists are saying today. It is currently consolidating to go through 650-655 and on through its alltime high [of 685.47] by year...
REGULAR GAS is continuing popularity rise among U.S. drivers. Some 58% of sample group of motorists now use regular grade, says Du Pont's petroleum chemicals division, v. 50% in 1956, 48.5% in 1952. One big reason for the jump this year: low-octane-consuming compacts...