Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wrote one Connecticut farm couple: "We are enclosing a $50 check to invest for us in hopes to gain in future years...
...economy's amazing expansion so far this year. Estimates last week of the growth that took place in the April-June quarter showed that the gross national product annual rate rose $12 billion over the first quarter, $5 billion more than expected. Added to a $14 billion gain in the January-March quarter, this made a rise in the annual rate of $26 billion in six months, close to the $30 billion the President and his advisers predicted...
...first half of 1958 to 690,000 in the first six months of this year. With the rise came a sharp upward pressure on housing costs. ARCHITECTURAL FORUM reported that the index of building-materials prices jumped 2.7% between January and June, against a 2% gain for the whole of 1958. But other prices were holding steady. Sears. Roebuck, Montgomery Ward. Spiegel, and Aldens Inc. announced that their fall catalogues will show no overall price increase, and some prices are lower...
...SICK, WEAK, AGED-"Let them recall that by the sufferings of this life, which cleanse, upraise and ennoble the mind, we can gain the eternal joy of heaven...
...Construction-contract awards for dwellings, warehouses and office buildings rose 4% in May over last year to reach $3.5 billion; housing awards alone climbed 25%. Total construction gain for the first five months: 17% over last year...