Word: greyed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Haile Selassie, 56, bearded Lion of Judah and Emperor of Ethiopia, laid in a stylish stock against the unpredictable future. Flown to him from Manhattan on his order were five business suits (a grey flannel, two striped grey worsteds, a navy blue, a grey worsted with small plaid), two topcoats, three dinner suits, three sport jackets (two beige Kashmir, one of herringbone weave), and five pairs of slacks...
...come to depend on Varnay. In the six years since her Manhattan debut, she has sung more Wagnerian leads than any other Met performer. She is a small woman with grey eyes who likes bad puns, saves box tops and chews bubble gum. Still young (she made her debut at 23) and still slim, as divas go, she strides through each new role like a veteran. Critics have been respectful to her rich voice, have called her performances "creditable," have applauded her plucky last-minute substitute jobs...
Then Frank Buchman himself introduced a dozen or so "honored guests" for one-minute speeches. Dr. Kensuke Horinouchi, Japanese ambassador to the U.S. from 1938 to 1940, was "profoundly impressed with Dr. Buchman." Said grave, grey Dr. Chen Li-fu, newly elected Vice President of China's legislative Yuan: "The Chinese Parliament ... is still in session. But the urgency of the world situation . . . compels me to join forces with you today in this great international family." He told reporters earlier: "If Confucius were alive today, he would probably be here...
...Grey Chill. A few even imagined 1929 all over again (without the hangover). But no one put much stock in such notions. The giddy '20s were gone forever. Now there are 75% margins; a speculator has to put up more than three times as much money to buy the same amount of stock as he did in '29. Moreover, greatly increased taxes have slashed the amount of cash available for speculation; and, in addition, the 25% capital gains tax cuts deeply into any profits...
...sure this is anything more than a flurry." The diehards who were clinging to their bearish positions hoped he was right. Broker John H. Lewis, who had been one of the first to see the 1946 bear trend, was still seeing the market in a cold grey light. But he confessed that he was lonely. "Until a few weeks ago I had a lot of company," he said. "Now, I'm about the only one left. The others have all jumped on the bull wagon...