Word: greying
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second quarter did indeed see the end of the downturn, and by last week signs of upturn were visible (see BUSINESS) even through grey-colored glasses. With his predictions and counsel proved sound, Gabriel Hauge, 44, made a decision to return to private life. His new job: finance committee chairman of New York's Manufacturers Trust Co., fourth largest U.S. bank (after California's Bank of America, New York's Chase Manhattan and First National City...
...rest of his life organizing clubs. In those days the luncheon club was primarily a meeting place for businessmen who wanted to meet businessmen. Rotary's pin was reserved for the town's leading man in each line of business; second-ranking Kiwanis, later tagged "the grey flannel suit boys" by Lions, used "We Trade" as its motto and admitted only two members from each recognized local enterprise...
...Hong Kong, Chinese Communist raincoats sold last week for 40% less than in Canton. The Japanese admitted that Chinese underselling had "destroyed" Japan's newsprint and grey cotton sheetings exports throughout Southeast Asia, now threatened to undermine Japan's markets in soybean oil, cement, structural steel, window glass. In Jakarta, Indonesians were snapping up Chinese yarn at $390 a bale, $25 cheaper than Japan's yarn. In Thailand, Japanese cotton piece goods had been virtually driven from the market by Chinese prices, which were as much as 15% lower. Other Red bestsellers: bicycles, sewing machines and scented...
...Named for a great, grey English race horse who retired to a rich old American studhood in 1788. Messenger forefathered such thoroughbreds as Man o' War, War Admiral and Seabiscuit, plus 99% of all U.S. trotters and pacers. Messenger died at 28 in 1808, is buried near the fairways of Long Island's Piping Rock Country Club...
Eventually the modern U.S. auto may count 25% to 40% of its total weight in aluminum. The major stumbling block has always been cost: aluminum for engines costs about three times as much as grey iron. Yet many engineers are coming around to the theory that costs even out in the long run, since aluminum costs less to machine and process. Moreover, it has many other advantages-no chip, no pit, no peel, no rust. But the biggest advantage of all is in performance. In recent tests with two cars identical except for a difference of 400 lbs. in weight...