Word: expect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Breaking the Sound Barrier is a very misleading title. Those who expect a documentary on the development of supersonic aircraft will be only partially satisfied (1 for one don't even know whether the documentary is true).Others who will undoubtedly stay away from the film because they anticipate a dull, dry scientific account will miss an intense and subtle human drama...
...demand for goods is still big. Automen expect to produce at least 5,250.000 cars, third biggest output on record. TV makers expect to make 6,000,000 sets -and think at least 50 new stations may be built this year. New industries, like airconditioning, plastics and synthetic fibers, are just in their infancy...
More appliances of all kinds will be needed. Says Westinghouse's Gwilym Price : "We think 1953 should be a year of con tinued high production in the appliance business. We expect the consumer to buy at the highest rate in history." In 1953 the long-heralded age of atomic power will dawn. Westinghouse will start operating the land-based prototype of the reactor it is building to power the sub marine Nautilus. Since the reactor could also be used to run a commercial power plant, the National Security Resources Board urged the Atomic Energy Commission to let U.S. industry...
During their first day on the dangerous island, Richards and Walker climbed the cone and descended 200 ft. into the crater, often sinking to their knees in fine lava dust. They watched steam escaping from a hole 6 ft. across "with a roar that you would expect from 100 jet planes...
...reliable measure of how good business is-and how good businessmen expect it to be in the new year-is the money earmarked for expansion. In the first quarter of 1953, SEC and the Commerce Department reported last week, businessmen expect to pour money into new plants and equipment at an annual rate of $28.7 billion v. an estimated rate of $28.3 billion in the current quarter. Every industry except transportation is planning to spend more money for expansion; public utilities and manufacturers will spend more than ever before...