Word: feeling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most pleasing to that organization's left-wing position. But among his own colleagues Kefauver's popularity rating years ago dropped through the floor; he probably has fewer Capitol Hill friends than any other Senator. Hardly any have supported him in his quest for the presidency. Many feel that he has shamefully neglected his Senate duties to engage in that quest (in 16 years in the House and Senate, he authored not a single major piece of legislation). Others consider him the rankest sort of opportunist, who will do anything to grab a headline...
...capitals had learned that the Cairo talks had reached an impasse. While the first of 2,500 French paratroopers and airmen disembarked in Cyprus, Sir Anthony Eden met with his Cabinet in London, summoned Parliament to a special sitting. Nasser told a visitor that the situation made him feel like Samson about to pull down the pillars. On Friday, the Moslem day of rest, he went off to sun with his family on a beach. That evening a Menzies press officer told newsmen that "the talks have come to a complete end," that the committee was going home without further...
...businessmen argued that any possible savings in loan costs in the future would be more than offset by higher-priced labor and materials if they postponed construction. Said Arthur Longini, chief economist for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad: "We're going right ahead borrowing for capital improvement. We feel that this economy has a built-in inflation. There's too much opportunity for profit right now; the cost of waiting is prohibitive...
Though economists are chiefly concerned by pyramiding personal debt and such installment loan abuses as no-down-payment deals and overlong terms, the installment buyer is not yet being pinched, will be the last to feel it. Bankers welcome installment loans not only because they are quickly repaid (average loan duration: two years) but also because few customers resist high interest rates (top effective rate* at New York banks: 11.7%). The installment buyer is usually not concerned with interest rates; all he wants to know is the size of his monthly payment and whether he can carry it. Household Finance...
...simply distressed by the news: "I don' know . . . But I cain't see Saul goin' to school wid white kids ... I cain't see me sittin' side o' Mistah Charles on the bus neitha . . I think they's plenty mo' feel the same way. I hope they don' push...