Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nixon's first gain: warm applause from the Pilgrims, a stilling of press criticism down to Beaverbrook press notes about his "Hollywood-style G-men" (he had two Secret Service men with him), about the "22-ft." length of his Cadillac...
Last week, as 5,400,000 voters trooped to the polls to cast their compulsory ballots (penalty for not voting: ?2), Sydney's Sun-Herald sourly editorialized: "The electors have a poor choice." Labor's divided condition helped give Menzies a majority in the House, and a gain of from two to four seats in the Senate...
...Communists, who believe they will make an impressive showing in Venezuela's first free election since 1947, wanted their followers to vote on the party's own red-colored ballots so that Communist strength could be plainly exhibited. By granting his consent. Larrazaáal stands to gain an estimated 150,000 Red votes, which could be decisive if the three-way election is a close contest. Others in the race: Rómulo Betancourt. of the leftist Democratic Action Party: Rafael Caldera, of the Catholic COPEI Party...
...retailers beamed last week at the prospect of record volume. The U.S. consumer, who has spent freely and faithfully all through the year's downs and ups, was opening his pocketbook as never before. Sales in the nation's chain stores scored the year's biggest gain in October, up 7.1% over October of 1957. For the first ten months, chain store sales topped the brisk 1957 pace...
...British public last week got a wide-eyed view of just how successful commercial TV can be. From the directors of three-year-old ATV (Associated Television) came an announcement that earnings before taxes for the fiscal year ending next April will exceed $14 million, a 40% gain over last year, and more than twelve times the earnings of only two years ago. Even more spectacular is what happened to the fortunes of early investors in ATV. A single original share in ATV that sold for 20? is now worth $30.80. Norman Collins, 51, author and TV executive who originally...