Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Death. Sergeant Julitz and three others managed to make it to the opposite shore. But 19 more were carried, struggling and gasping in their heavy combat gear, downstream towards the Iller Bridge. Four were rescued. Fifteen went to their deaths. It was the first major training accident in the history of West Germany's nascent (96,000-strong) Bundeswehr...
...adjusted rate of $37.3 billion in second quarter, $37.9 billion in third quarter v. last year's total $35 billion, says SEC. Leading investors: public utilities, up 27% over first nine months last year; railroads, up 22% ; manufacturers, up 13% Considering that the economy is already in high gear, such a continuing rise is a sign of business strength, says...
...really a matter of conformity. The roar of the twenties was also a sort of conformity; the goldfish swallowing, the ukuleles, 'coon coats, and straw hats were standard gear in every college town from Des Moines of Hanover. But it was a standard of abnormally, and that was what made it delightful. The personality, the character, the eccentric were warmly welcomed in every group, on every campus. Novelty was pursued with feverish intensity; if you could discover a new way of spending time, flagpole sitting for instance, your reputation was immediately established. And, while girls were flapping and boys were...
...Washington, the biennial election of the League of Republican Women came close to hair-pulling when the Old Guard girls snatched away and tore up the sample ballots of the Eisenhower Republican faction . . . To Republican Dwight Eisenhower from Michigan Republican William Doerfner, a General Motors steering-gear executive, came an angry letter: "I will no longer support you, nor will I support the Republican Party, as long as it condones your proven unsound monetary politics and your New Deal-inspired international WPA . . ." In New Hampshire, the reactionary Republican Manchester Union Leader editorially called the President of the U.S. a "stinking...
Cars & Planes. The rental rush started with car leasing. Almost overnight, 2,000 companies grew up to rent cars and trucks, and fees now total $350 million a year. Soon these firms were leasing a wide range of light and heavy gear. Rollins Leasing Corp., for example, now has wine presses, printing presses and hundreds of other items on lease in 47 states and Canada. In the past year alone Rollins has fattened earnings...