Word: itemization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...neither awed nor swayed. Wearing a navy-blue suit with a PT-boat tie clasp, and leaning on a silver-headed cane, he arose at the front-row desk next to Mansfield's, which he had appropriated for the occasion, and speaking from notes, defended the first major item of legislation he had ever managed on the floor. "It is a settled constitutional doctrine," orated Teddy, by way of rationalizing a universal ban on poll taxes, "that where Congress finds an evil to exist, such as the economic burden in this case, it can apply a remedy which...
...fortunes should continue to brighten. Reason: aluminum demand is catching up with supply, and ingot prices have finally stabilized (at 24½? a lb.), even though the industry has two more producers and 35% more capacity than when its price troubles began. Aluminum is already a big item in everything from saucepans to Saturn rocket skins, but to advance Alcoa's recovery further Harper is pushing hard to get more aluminum into mass products-tops for baby-food jars, pop-top cans, frozen food packages, auto-engine blocks and radiator grilles. With help from his researchers, he even hopes...
...group had the look of a decontamination unit mopping up after an atomic explosion. Stumbling down the street, interfering with traffic, all jabbering at once, arms flailing in all directions, was a tangle of men loaded down with electronic equipment. But the only explosive item in sight was Harry Truman, out for a morning stroll while visiting Manhattan. The city's TV newsmen were on hand, milking him for every jaunty, testy word as they pursued him for 20 minutes from his hotel at Madison and 76th, over to Fifth Avenue, up a few blocks and then back again...
...cannot publish the details of its finances because "no business can do go without involving itself in unending disputes about each and every item...
...late President Kennedy's is the most sought-after autograph today-the more so because so many of his signed letters were not really signed. As President, Kennedy authorized certain secretaries to imitate his signature, and used mechanical robots to trace his name. Highest-priced J.F.K. item so far is the letter he wrote a friend from boarding school at the age of 15, signed "Smuttily yours, Jack Kennedy," which was sold to Movie Producer David L. Wolper two months...