Word: household
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Well-nigh incalculable power over our economy." says a McClellan committee report, "is wielded by this union . . . Whoever controls the Teamsters controls much more than the immediate destinies of 1,500,000 union members; he and his lieutenants reach into every household in the land." The fact that Hoffa is the man who controls the Teamsters, the report adds, is "tragic for the Teamsters Union and dangerous for the country...
With Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge, the Boston Summer Playhouse brings us their finest production to date. Originally presented on Broadway in 1955 as the major part of a double bill, this powerful story about the complex intrafamilial relationships in a Brooklyn waterfront household provides a jolting theatrical experience...
Khrushchev around the exhibition again for a look at displays he had missed that morning. Khrushchev smilingly scoffed at an electronic household "console" that is supposed to enable housewives of tomorrow to run their appliances through remote control. A model pressed a button and a dishwasher scooted out of a cabinet and across the floor. At the press of another button, an automatic floor washer and polisher emerged from another cabinet and scurried about like a creature out of science fiction. "Don't you have a machine that puts food in your mouth and pushes it down?" asked Khrushchev...
...Grubbe's cancer began to spread faster. In a three-hour operation last week. Surgeon John R. Orndorff removed an egg-sized lump from his right armpit, as well as the index and little fingers of his hand. Dr. Grubbe had prepared himself for their loss by practicing household chores with his thumb and middle fingers. At week's end he had regained enough strength to renew his campaign for safety measures against the hazards of radiation. Said Martyr Grubbe: "Both Russia and America must stop exploding nuclear bombs immediately. I know what radiation...
...mood. In the center's latest survey, out this week, the number of consumers who think the time is ripe to buy a house or used car showed a sharp upswing, and moderate upswings showed up among those who believe it is a good time to buy major household appliances and new cars, undertake large home improvements. The survey pointed out that some part of the public must be getting used to prices once considered "too high," but it warned businessmen that the economy still lacks-and could use-the positive stimulus of prices that most people view...