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Word: flattest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flattest notes came from the TV industry, which has been battling tougher competition and slower consumer sales. Admiral Corp.'s first-quarter sales dipped 13% to $42.4 million, while profits declined 67% to $427,744. Philco Corp. and Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. managed to increase their sales slightly, but saw profits drop, Philco's by 27% to $1,107,000 for 1957's first quarter, Sylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Spring Rise | 5/13/1957 | See Source »

...report visibility, ceiling, and rain or snow every 90 minutes. Sometimes Rossby would borrow a pilot and airplane from the Army Air Corps and buzz a remote small town. When all the inhabitants were craning their necks at the glamorous flying machine, he would land in the flattest field, parade into town in an air fan's car and confer with the mayor. The result of this showmanship was usually a group of weather reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man's Milieu | 12/17/1956 | See Source »

North Carolina-born Baptist Billy Graham had arrived in Britain for a three-month, six-night-a-week "crusade" that could conceivably be the flattest flop or the thumpingest success of his 35 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Crusade for Britain | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

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