Word: item
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tories had still another cheerful item to offset the bad economic news Britons have lately been reading. Next February will see the end of the non-branded, inferior gasoline called "pool petrol," used in British cars for the past 13 years. Back will come brand names-Shell, BP, Esso-and premium price high-octane gasolines, at 63^ the imperial gallon, about 4? more than standard gas. In preparation for the happy return of competition, oil companies began training their employees in such forgotten amenities as cleaning the windshield and wearing a smile...
Post-Campaign Funds. The audit showed that at least $13,000 of the surplus in the 1948 campaign fund came from postcampaign contributions, made after Stevenson was elected governor. Among these was one anonymous item of $5,000. entered exactly a week after the election. Many businessmen who sell supplies to the state were on the contributors' list, e.g., Stuyvesant Peabody Jr., president of the Peabody Coal Co., whose firm sells thousands of dollars worth of coal to the state. He gave...
...years of operation, said Smith, the fund took in $18,235, Paid out all of this, except $66.13, on Nixon's political expenses. The major item: $6,166.60 for stationery, printing and mimeographing, mostly for Nixon's newsletter to his constituents. Mailing lists and postage ("above the senatorial allowances") cost another $2,390. For political travel Nixon drew $3,430.78, mostly for trips between Washington and California for public appearances. For radio and TV time: $2,017.79. All of the remaining $4,163.70 was scrupulously accounted for, except for one item of $294 for "miscellaneous...
...score. But that was not good enough, said Komsomolskaya Pravda. As a matter of fact, both trainers and athletes fell down on the job. Because of their trainer's incompetence, the sprinters were sadly out of condition. The tactical preparation of the distance runners was "primitive." Item: two marathoners "overestimated their strength and did not show the necessary will to victory...
...final item, Kelly's review of The Red Carnation by Elio Vittorino, also has merit. Kelly explores all possible levels of the novel and writes with authority and insight. Some of his speculations on the principle character's motivations, nevertheless, are difficult to understand...