Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stalin's annihilation of many military commanders . . . beginning literally at the company and battalion commander level and extending to the higher military centers [brought] grievous consequences . . . Large scale repression undermined military discipline because for several years officers of all ranks and even soldiers in the party and Komsomol cells were taught to 'unmask' their superiors as hidden enemies . . . During this time the cadre of leaders who had gained military experience in Spain and in the Far East was almost completely wiped...
...Drink. At party after party, lean young lordlings were kicking up their heels with the debutante daughters of wealthy tradesmen. It was all high spirits and higher expense accounts. For the showiest party of all, an army of some 60 technicians was called in to transform the ballroom at Claridge's into a moonlit garden so that young Countess "Bunny" Esterhazy and "Flockie" Harcourt-Smith could meet society in proper style. Their parent-step-parents, Hungarian-born Banker Arpad Plesch and his four-times-married wife, laid out an estimated $25,000 to make the evening a success...
...would be convincing talking about such things as "high torque, turbodrive transmission" and "ball-joint suspension," and there were some fears that Julia might be too gentle to compete with "hard-selling" male announcers. Researcher Horace Schwerin came to her rescue: "No one in our experience has had a higher acceptance with women. We have tested her for voice, appearance and personality, and 90% of the women questioned gave her very high scores...
...argues that there is still enough credit available for the "legitimate" needs of business. As of last week, total reserve bank credit stood at $25.3 billion, some $470 million higher than last year at the same time. With U.S. industry planning an estimated $35 billion record expansion in 1956, commercial and business loans through May 23 jumped a whopping $1 billion to $27.7 billion v. only a $480 million increase in the same period last year...
...level. In addition, notes FRB, total consumer installment debt is still rising. The seasonally adjusted rate for 1956's first quarter showed a $2.5 billion jump over 1955's first quarter, while extensions of new credit were clipping along at an annual rate of $3.3 billion higher than repayments on old installment debts. Furthermore, FRB economists see other worrisome inflationary pressures. The overall wholesale price index shows a 1.8% rise since January, while the cost-of-living index rose .2% in April for the second monthly increase in a row, thus bringing wage increases...