Word: half
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tasting catastrophe, he warned of an "iron half-century" in which everything-"from television to partisanship, from jukeboxes to self-delusion"-must surrender to the "stern requirements of independence and survival." "All is lost." he cried at a 1954 New Year's party to a friend offering him felicitations of the season. In The Reporter's Trade, a collection of Alsop columns-some authored or co-authored by his younger brother Stewart -which will be published Nov. 19, he sinks up to his foulard tie in despond...
ELECTRONICS OUTPUT in 1958 will show first drop in decade, to $6.9 billion from $7 billion last year. Commerce Department cites sharp first-half cut in consumer purchases of TV sets and radios. But strong second-half comeback is expected...
Campbell Soup Co. stockholders also got good news. In the company year just ended, Campbell for the first time pushed sales over the half-billion mark, earned a record $31,530,460 v. $29,949,148 the year before, Minneapolis-Honeywell (regulators) had the best third-quarter in its history in both sales and earnings. It earned $5,847,624 v. $4,143,615 for the July-September period of 1957. Even where business has been worst, in the railroads, there was good news. Pennsylvania Railroad, operating in the red for most of this year, reported that in September...
...Ceiling-to-floor (8 ft.) doors and windows that simplify building. They also improve air circulation, make the house's six rooms seem much more spacious. Another cost-cutter: African-oak floor squares laid directly on the concrete foundation slab; they are only half as thick as ordinary wood parquet flooring yet are just as durable...
...colonial days, Kentuckians (then Virginians) with a whisky taste had trouble chasing away the demon rum. The rum-makers once put through a law boosting the legal price to $15 a half pint. The Bourbon County grand jury even indicted James Garrard, a Baptist minister who later became Governor of the state, for illegal whisky selling. But by 1789, tenacious Bourbon County distillers had finally given corn likker an old Kentucky home. Though ten years ago bourbon was only 13% of total domestic whisky sold, last year it was 47%. Last week bourbon reached another pinnacle: in nationwide newspaper...