Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Will our American politicians never grow enough to consider the needs of the country rather than their personal gain? President Eisenhower is being slaughtered for his ideals, which are not politically motivated...
...garage glower-glower ing as his assistants laid out boxes of paint tubes, a big sake bottle filled with tur pentine, bundles of brushes, and a dozen brass mixing bowls. Of a sudden, in a burst of movement, Mathieu was at work. Tearing paper cartons with his teeth to gain time, he began squeezing blobs and curlicues of violet paint straight from the tubes, and then squirted whole tubes of black pigment...
...fiasco, gives the governor enough power to tame him. Though the new Cabinet is controlled 5 to 4 by Jaganites, the governor himself hangs onto the title of President and can cast a vote. As for the Legislative Council, the governor could, if necessary, appoint enough new members to gain a pro-British majority. In a deeper crisis, he could invoke emergency powers and assume direct control...
Concluded Reporter Hartman: "So if the 1958 fashions bring us lovelier women inside of uglier clothes, perhaps it will be everyone's gain...
...billion. In every single category, farmers increased their net worth. Livestock values rose almost 5%, machinery 3%, household goods more than 4%. Even farmers' cash deposits, bond holdings and other investments grew bigger, in some categories as little as 0.6%, in others as much as 6%. The biggest gain was in the farmer's biggest asset: his land, whose value last year jumped $6.8 billion to a record $109.5 billion...