Word: expression
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gets a greater lift at breakfast from Cartoonist Herblock than from her cup of coffee, I wish to express appreciation for TIME'S excellent and informative story on Philip Graham...
Chile, the "shoestring country" that U.S. children learn about from their fourth-grade geography books, is in the toils of a silent and hopeful revolution, no less tense and dramatic for being economic rather than political. The astonishing evidence is that a 40-year-old inflation, moving with express-train acceleration, has been braked to a stop since January. The significance is that Chile, while the world of economists and traders watches with interest and hope, is scrapping outmoded government controls and veering toward a free economy...
...been one of America's greatest aids toward good will and fine relations between the U.S. and various countries outside the Iron Curtain. Our association of more than 3,000 members is composed of 1,100 of the best travel agents in the U.S. and Canada, including American Express, plus the best travel agents in other parts of the world. THOMAS J. DONOVAN President American Society of Travel Agents New York City...
...attack Britain's basic problem: lagging productivity. The latest treasury bulletin for industry exposed it baldly: since 1950, British wages have risen by 45% while output per man increased by only 7%. In the same period, when German wages increased by 40%, output increased by 38%. The Daily Express put Britain's condition bluntly: "Too little work for too much money...
...Solemn Moment. By now around the world, great leagues of newsprint sought to bestir readers with a picture of the great events, painted in shades ranging from the jaded blue notes of burlesque to the cloying clichés of a Victorian novelette. London's Daily Express front-paged the news that the American radio sponsor for the wedding broadcast was the Peter Pan brassière company. Saloon-Gossipist Earl Wilson informed his readers that "Rainier and Grace were real smoochy at the party for bridesmaids." Other reporters, sending out breathless bulletins, had a hard time agreeing...