Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spring he had nursed his right heel, tender after an operation for a bone spur last fall. The heel got worse instead of better. In exhibition games in Texas recently he tried putting some pressure on it, and the pain made sport-page headlines from Maine to Mexico. Last week, while DiMag was flown to Baltimore for diagnosis, the press speculated on 1) whether he would be out of the line-up for a few weeks or forever and 2) whether the New York Yankees would pay him $90,000 for a season of sitting on the bench...
...fellow pros is: "This won't hurt a bit... Ouch!" He has a loose swing, hits a long straight ball, steadies down under pressure like a real pro, works well on the greens with his unorthodox putter (a gooseneck with the blade extending forward from the shaft instead of backward...
Squeeze. "Ward's had just rung up its biggest profit (equal to $10.28 a share) and the vice presidents were awaiting the customary (up to 50%) bonus on their $35,000 to $45,000 salaries. No, said Avery, there would be no bonus. Instead, the same amount would be given as a salary increase. Said Vice President Charles M. Odorizzi: "We'd have to stay a whole year to collect; it was a dodge to make sure he had us where he wanted...
...sickroom air hung this week over Chicago's Stevens Hotel as 1,500 radiomen gathered for the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters. Instead of milling happily in & out of hotel suites for three days with drinks in their hands, the delegates sat glumly and listened to disquieting speeches. An NAB veteran said he had never seen so sober a meeting...
...time we got down to specifics," complained one executive. "Instead of playing around with the birds, bees and flowers, why doesn't the NAB dish out the facts of life?" NAB's Richard Doherty replied with some hard TV facts: an average TV station costs nearly as much each year to run ($221,000) as it does to build and equip (up to $350,000). This kind of money was far beyond the reach of the average radio station owner. *At week's end, as the delegates journeyed homeward, there was no sure cure in sight...