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Word: fats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just before you want to use it. This technique is used by some of the most successful salesmen." Of course, that's what Jim used to do, and how far did it get him? Come to think of it. I'll bet Davis isn't so darned good looking. Fat from all those dinners...

Author: By D. CARNEGIE (cor-neg-ic), | Title: Here It Is! | 3/19/1955 | See Source »

...across the board, the profit charts showed an upward curve. Radio Corp. of America boosted its fourth-quarter earnings to $12,968,000, a fat 31% above last year. For the full year, R.C.A. earned $41 million (v. 1953's $35 million). Eastman Kodak Co. pushed its last-quarter profits up more than 50%, to $23 million, closed the year with earnings of $3.99 a share (v. $2.86 for 1953). Even the cancer-scared tobacco industry moved up. R. J. Reynolds (Camels) sent its fourth-quarter profits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings Show the Way | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

Long before he won control of the New York Central management, Robert R. Young liked to scourge the "goddamned bankers" and attack railroad operators while he championed the poor, neglected passengers. Crusader Bob's most effective ploy was a cartoon of a pig. fat and sassy in his freight car, looking down on a bedraggled, luggage-laden human traveler and his family changing trains. Hooted the ad: "A hog can cross the country without changing trains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Turnabout | 3/7/1955 | See Source »

...oilmen bought up leases, Huntington Beach turned into a boom town. New restaurants opened up, boarding houses and nearby motels were jammed. New wells came in and spattered the houses with oil. What was once shantytown became known as Cadillac Lane, as householders collected fat royalties from their property and lease bonuses ranging as high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Boom That Jack Built | 2/28/1955 | See Source »

Radcliffe women will forego their Vitamin A in the interest of weight reduction, according to Miss Marjorie Russ, Radcliffe dietitian. Annex dining halls now serve skim milk in response to student demand for fat-type milk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Now Drinks Skim Milk After Students Protested Calories | 2/24/1955 | See Source »

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