Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years. It was the fifth such increase since the Fed set the discount rate at 1¼% in the 1957-58 recession as an aid to recovery. In abandoning the 3½% level that had held since last spring, the Fed's purpose was to narrow the abnormal gap between the cost of Fed money to member banks and the rate at which the banks could lend money to their customers. After commercial banks upped the rate to their best customers from 4½% to 5% (TIME, Sept. 14), the interest spread rose to 1½%. Moreover, for several...
...Falk, who for a dozen summers had produced plays in New England Mutual Hall, decided to throw in the towel after losing money the past two summers. Stepping into the gap came the Boston Summer Playhouse. The first offering, a dreadful item called Fair Game, was given an insultingly inept performance. After a quick reshuffling of plans, the Playhouse bounced back with a fairly amusing production of F. Hugh Herbert's delightful sophisticated comedy, The Moon is Blue, in which Frank Langella and Frederick Morehouse '59-3 performed with considerable skill. Jan de Hartog's The Four-poster, a series...
Although a fifth still describe themselves as "conservative" in temperament, over half prefer the safe and evasive category of "moderate liberal." In addition, a sixth of the students appear willing to admit that they remain "politically indifferent." Neither Hoffa nor the "missile-gap" can arouse them from their lethargy. Apparently ignoring the dictum that "knowledge is power," these Political Indifferents fervently hope that "ignorance is bliss...
...curious crowd of 400 encircled him at the first tee, the President said: "I'd like to hit a practice ball, but I don't see how I can. They've sure got confidence in me." After security men cleared a small gap in the crowd, Ike blasted through it -"Good shot." the crowd murmured, and Ike shot an 89. Next morning, who should turn up at Culzean Castle but the President's old golf-playing and bridge-playing buddies, William Robinson, chairman of the board of Coca-Cola, and W. Alton ("Pete") Jones, chairman...
...whipped about and started churning for shore, crying: "Same da! Nigero!" (It's a shark! Run!) Closer to the shelf, his three brothers quickly made it back to safety and stood up to watch Masami's progress. Some ten yards behind him, but rapidly closing the gap, a glistening black triangle cut through the waves. Moments later Masami's brothers screamed with horror when the dorsal fin slipped from sight; the shark had dived to attack from below. Warned by their cries, Masami abruptly flailed his arms backward, and the shark's jaws snapped on empty...