Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reported one day last summer that while Premier Adnan Menderes was off on a trip, some political scalawagging was going on inside the ruling Democratic Party. "While the cat's away," wrote the editor, "the mice will play." The editor was arrested, and only by appeal to a higher court escaped a jail sentence of six months. His crime: imputing animal characteristics to the Premier...
Ottawa economists attributed the dollar's drop in part to the fact that foreign investors, mainly in the U.S., have been selling Canadian securities to seek higher returns elsewhere. New investment from the U.S. and abroad-the big prop under the Canadian dollar in recent years-also tapered off, and Canada's adverse balance of trade was having its downward effect. The Bank of Canada last week announced an increase in its interest rate on loans to banks, from 2% to 2¼%. The change, mildly deflationary in its effect, may tend to boost the Canadian dollar again...
...urge manufacturers to tone down their increasing emphasis on more and more horsepower and higher and higher speed," said the American Automobile Association recently. Last week, as more and more of 1956's new models hit the showrooms, there was little indication that the automakers were paying attention to A.A.A.'s horsepower fear. Plymouth announced a 200 h.p. "Hy-Fire V8" to match Ford's 202 h.p. "Thunderbird V-8"; Dodge and Mercury were boosted to 225-230 h.p., while Chrysler and Lincoln were up to 285 h.p., with most of General Motors still to come. Horsepowers...
...there is no doubt that 1956's cars are faster and more powerful than ever before. Since 1930, average horsepower has doubled to well over 140 h.p. At the same time, the average top speed for U.S. cars has gone from 66 m.p.h. to 97 m.p.h. Have the higher speeds brought more danger? No, say Detroit's engineers. From 1946 to 1954, according to statistics compiled by the Bureau of Public Roads, the average highway speed for U.S. passenger cars has climbed only 4 m.p.h., from 47 m.p.h. to 51 m.p.h. Furthermore, with better roads and tighter speed...
...both from an engineering and a public-relations standpoint. For 1956, the industry is making another pitch to car buyers: more safety-with seat belts, shock-absorbing steering wheels and padded instrument panels. Some industry officials think that engines may climb as high as 400 h.p. but not much higher. Says Ford's Continental Chief Bill Ford: "Up in that range pure horsepower is useless. You step on the accelerator and just burn rubber. You may have the most, but for all practical purposes, you have nothing...