Word: faired
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a month of rummaging through statistics, Federal Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods was ready to explain what he thought Congress had in mind for the nation's tenants and landlords. To assure landlords a "fair net operating income" under the new rent-control law, said Woods, his area rent offices will take a look at the books of every house and apartment owner who feels that he should get more rent. Their requests will be screened through a new formula...
...phony and a fraud," cried one big Boston apartment owner. Landlords claimed that Woods's formula was based on false mathematics, took no account of the value of their property. According to many landlords, they would be collecting only 2 to 3% on the "fair value" of their properties even if they could wangle an increase...
Realistic Tears. Harold Wilson last week was in the thick of Britain's biggest, bravest dollar-export drive to date. At the British Industries Fair (in London's Olympia and Earl's Court arenas, and in Birmingham's Castle Bromwich), $40 million worth of goods from 3,000 busy factories were on proud display. Nothing was spared to impress thousands of foreign buyers who dropped in to see the wares. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary appeared and smiled benignly on the bustling scene. Under fluorescent lights, on 26 miles of counter, lay samples of nearly everything...
...relessed in police custody soon thereafter, in "fair condition." Hospital authorities stated that razor outs on him fudfested a suicide attempt...
...downpours should occur at any of the concerts, the concert will be called off. Traditionally, however, good weather has prevailed. For the first time in several years, the second concert in the 1948 series was called off, but by extending the concerts over a long period, chances for fair weather at the performances this year are good...