Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Martin Kane has changed its leading man four times (William Gargan, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Tracy, Mark Stevens)-oftener than it has changed its plot. Two crime shows, China Smith and Du Mont's Colonel Humphrey Flack are played for laughs, while two others, Foreign Intrigue and Orient Express, gain some freshness of face and background by being filmed and largely cast in Europe...
Second-place Ford has spent $60 million on retooling to give its 1954 cars more powerful engines and sleeker lines. Ford was the only automaker besides G.M. to gain more of the market last year (it gained 2.1%), and is anxious to increase its 25.3% share in 1954. Ford has set aside $500 million for expansion, much of it to boost Ford production up to Chevrolet's 35,000 weekly level. Said Henry Ford II: "We hope we can be first in 1954." While he looks for about a 10% drop in overall auto output this year, Ford foresees...
...confusion of class bitterness and divided counsels, Italy began the delicate search for someone to govern. Narrow as they were, the figures still favor the democratic center. Strong enough to gain from dissension, patient enough to wait for chaos, the Communists are still neither able nor willing to take power legally. The far right is imposing enough to harass, but too weak to be a threat. Only the Christian Democrats have the chance to patch together a parliamentary majority...
...retailers showed that most expected to sell more goods in the first half of 1954 than they did in 1953. The stock market also took an optimistic view. The Dow-Jones industrials jumped 3.29 points to 284.19 before a late dip knocked two points from the gain...
Everyone would gain from such an arrangement. The Administration could offer prospective students relief from household chores, and at the same time reduce its operating budget. The new maids would be storing away valuable experience for the day when they must cater to the domestic habits of their husbands. An the students would not complain as long as their room were kept clean...