Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that an international art cartel was out to get them. But the brothers' own art tastes seemed confused. "Picasso," said Mark Lass, "is a mere cartoonist." But when he was asked how much he would take for one of his "Picassos," he answered: "I would not sell under half a million dollars. I would destroy instead...
Opening the season against Wake Forest, Lucas shook off his first-half jitters ("Man, I was scared") to sink 16 points, monopolize the backboards with 28 rebounds. Final score: Ohio State 77, Wake Forest 69. Still, the team and Lucas looked so rocky that Coach Taylor could not sleep the following night, finally dozed off on the living-room floor, where he had thrown himself down to brood...
...even a second-half appearance by balding Forty-Niner Quarterback Y. A. Tittle, still gimpy from an earlier Colt game, could save the day against a gang-tackling Colt defense led by massive (6 ft. 4 in., 240 Ibs.) Gino Marchetti. Final score: Colts 34, Forty-Niners 14. The victory at the least assured the Colts a first-place tie, setting up the prospect of another classic clash for the pro championship between Baltimore and the New York Giants, who won the Eastern Conference title by routing the Cleveland Browns...
...that time the big seasonal demand will have ended too. Even more important, the Treasury is planning a sharp reduction in its issues in the first half of 1960, may thus help to ease credit or at least prevent it from becoming tighter. The Federal Reserve would like to keep its present discount rate of 4% in effect even after a settlement, looks for interest rates to stay steady. Bankers do not expect a hike in the prime rate of 5% for some time, think that if it comes at all, it will be small...
...came from Professor W. W. Rostow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, who advocated "sharply increased public expenditures" for both defense and foreign aid. Russia's superior growth rate and her power-bent use of it, Rostow said, threaten the U.S. on half a dozen fronts, ranging from brush-fire wars to all-out attack, political penetration of underdeveloped areas and "diplomatic blackmail." Worst of all, said Rostow, Russia is creating among neutrals the "psychological image of an ardent competitor closing fast on a front runner who prefers to go down in style...