Word: frequent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stock market, the President implied, might dip, but it is not necessarily a good indicator of business conditions: "Continued economic recovery must not be jeopardized by overemphasis of speculative activity." ¶ Labor strife might become a problem this year: "History tells us that industrial disputes have usually been more frequent in periods of expansion than in periods of contraction." ¶ Pension plans, which now cover 12 million workers and absorb $3 billion a year, are a growing sociological and economic influence. Government studies, said the report, may learn more about their impact on worker mobility, spending habits and investment trends...
...their plans and plots over glasses of pastis. Their earliest targets were Moors picked off in dark alleys, but in time they moved on to bigger game, like the prominent Moroccan Lawyer Omar Slaoui, who was shot last August by two Frenchmen posing as police. Small Moroccan businessmen are frequent targets, and so are native school teachers. Frenchmen suspected of favoring the Moroccans by advocating peaceful compromise are also singled out for quick punishment. "Pig, you've sold out to the rats; you will be a feast for the worms," ran one threatening letter to a government official which...
Local dealers also reported a decline in quality apparently accompanied the price cuts. There have been frequent complaints about scratches and imperfect cuttings, they said...
Hollis will also try to continue a winning streak, having won eight after dropping its initial contest. Center Charles Mallone has been the top scorer, but the team is well balanced, said manager Jim Kincaid, who plans frequent substitutions...
Entrenched in the town halls of a third of Italy's municipalities, many Red mayors have long engaged themselves in a lucrative tax racket. Sometimes they call in private firms to collect local levies (a frequent practice in Italy), but add a twist of their own: the party kickback. On the books, the collectors got an exorbitant 30% commission; they actually kept a generous 18% to 20%, and handed over the rest to swell the coffers of the West's biggest, richest, strongest Communist Party. Typical annual payoffs for the Reds: 17 million lire ($27,200) in Modena...