Word: ewan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bridal Path (British Lion; Kings-ley-Union). "What signifies the life o' man," sang Bobby Burns, "An' 'twere na for the lasses, 0?" The question is askit o' Ewan McEwan (Bill Travers), a couthie young crofter o' Beigg, by the carlies o' that Scottish isle, an' afore the braw laddie can say tapsalteerie he's awa' to the mainland tae hilch himsel' a wife. He haes his courtin' orders: nae Campbells, nae Catholics, and nae lassies from Erismore Isle. An' he haes the cantie assistance...
From Labor Statistics Commissioner Ewan Clague came the assurance that the sharp swing upward in food prices only represented a seasonal phenomenon, but there was no suggestion of relief anywhere else. It was just like being pecked to death by gnats, observed a Los Angeles homeowner. "No single bite hurts too much, but you itch all over all the time...
Productivity in steel, explained Commissioner of Labor Statistics Ewan Clague, traditionally varies more widely with the business cycle than in other industries. Steel productivity dips sharply with a business slump, because production drops faster than layoffs. Productivity comes back quickly when business recovers, because production rises faster than new employment. As steel production has rebounded from last year's recession low, said Clague, productivity has climbed steeply...
...take longer to solve is unemployment, which will probably stay at around 4,125,000 during the winter months, then start decreasing toward 2,500,000, which is considered about minimum unemployment. "We'll pick them up all right," says Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Ewan Clague, "but it will take us most of 1959 to do it." Part of the reason is industry's rising productivity, which is expected to continue to rise smartly next year, and which in turn will hold down prices. Inflation showed up in almost every speech by leading economists...
Goldovsky has assembled a highly capable young company of solo singers and choristers; and some of them can even act. In this production, John McCollum is as fine a Count Ory as one could want. Ewan Harbrecht, as Countess Adele, has a small but beautifully trained voice, and tosses off all her demanding fioriture with complete case. Ronald Holgate (The Tutor) has a rich bass voice; all he needs now is to strengthen his bottom register. David Smith (Raimbaud) has a pleasingly full timbre, as has Doris Okerson (Ragonda) when she gets over her initial edginess...