Word: fears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear fact that was emerging from the Geneva talks is that if the West has little to hope for at the summit, it has little to fear either. The Western position has proved sturdy despite the allies' much-publicized suspicions of one another. Perhaps significant concessions by one side or the other might come out of a summit meeting. But, as Geneva has shown, they are not likely to be the result of impulse or mistaken trust by either side...
Behind sandbag barricades and rifle-toting guards, Haiti's strong-willed President Francois Duvalier lay last week in his white palace, seriously ill of a heart attack. Out of fear that the truth would embolden opposition elements to start trouble, his aides stuck to a diagnosis of "grippe," but only succeeded in starting dangerous rumors-that Duvalier was paralyzed, was already dead, or had left the country. Superstitious blacks in the Port-au-Prince slums whispered that the President's ouangas (voodoo charms) had lost their power...
...mayonnaise. Explains Pillsbury Co. Vice President James Rankin: "Where much research, refinement and technology are needed, the private brands lag behind. Because we keep up quality and are always sure of enough research on new products and enough advertising to tell the public about them, we have no fear of private labels...
...optimistic. The supermarkets and chains have become so powerful that they are often in a position to force a middle-sized producer to turn out a private label for his product for them at a lower price, or they will not buy from him at all. The real fear is that the supermarkets, in their increasing competition with each other, will put such a premium on profit margins that they will squeeze out more and more name brands to the ultimate harm of the consumer, who has benefited most from the new products that have been developed...
...Trouble. As production has increased, consumption has dropped from 383 eggs per capita a year in 1949 to 359 due to dieters skipping heavy breakfasts and some fear of cholesterol in egg yolks. To bring production more in line with consumption, many a big producer thinks that the Government should stay out of the market, let competition eliminate marginal producers. Says N.A. McNally, who operates a 100,000-chicken farm near Los Angeles: "If the Government had just let things alone, some marginal producers would have been dropping out of the picture by now. I mean...