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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bernice Frederick) Sisk, 47, rolled into the valley from Texas in 1937, took the first job he could find-thinning nectarines near Visalia-and saved enough to send for his wife and baby. He was elected in 1954 (and again in 1956) to the U.S. House of Representatives...
...painter Lasker selected as "the man I'll bet on" was Matisse; his collection has nine Matisse oils, and he hedged his hunch by buying eleven Picassos and four Braques. Endowed with a natural flair for color and design, Lasker was delighted to find that his eye automatically picked out the best of the lots shown him by dealers. He also discovered: "One not only has to pay the highest prices, but also a premium for the privilege of paying the highest prices...
...shaken down into a schedule so dense with dross that tuning in at almost any hour is enough to make the dial flip. Perhaps the wonder-and certainly cause for cheer-is that the viewer who steers a knowing course through the immense, unending flow of eyewash can still find so much to charm...
Though no one wants unemployment, coldly statistical economists can find some virtue in it. expect the U.S. to benefit through increased productivity. In 1957 productivity rose barely 1%, lagging behind wages. In 1958 it should rise sharply, not only because the new plants built by industry are more efficient but because increased competition for jobs should make everyone work a little better. Moreover, as jobs grow scarcer, wages will flatten out. While the Autoworkers' Walter Reuther still talks of demanding a four-day workweek and other plums, wage demands will be tougher to win from management, whose bargaining position...
Screening Process. In Dayton, arrested for bigamy after being married to seven men since her 13th birthday, the last two marriages without benefit of divorce, 23-year-old Cynthia Corraditti offered an explanation: "It was hard to find a guy I could trust...