Word: keyed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...key elements of Admiral Holloway's power: 6,100 marines and 3,100 Army airborne troops, installed on a secure beachhead equipped to shoot anything from obsolete Mi rifles to atomic-rocket projectiles; the 76-ship, 35,000-man Sixth Fleet offshore, whose Skyraiders could take an A-bomb from Beirut to Moscow; the Air Force Tactical Air Command's 200-plane composite task force-Douglas B66 and Martin 6-57 light jet bombers. North American F-iooD fighter-bombers and McDonnell F-IOI fighters-at nearby Adana, Turkey, an atomic-and conventional-armed reminder of the mighty...
...national debt ceiling and a new high for the consumer price index, which climbed to a record 123.7 in June. There were also some good business reasons. The depressed machine-tool industry noted a 7% rise in new orders from May to June. Second-quarter earnings in some key industries showed a better recovery than expected, indicating that a snapback in profits may be closer than previously anticipated. Many investors were also quite obviously influenced by the headlines from the Middle East; they expected the crisis to reverse inventory liquidation, start a buildup, particularly among hard-goods manufacturers, whose stocks...
...Key. A fascinating story of Britain's tugboat captains of World War II, and of the woman several of them loved; with Sophia Loren, William Holden, Trevor Howard (TIME, July...
...key question of buying intentions, 70% of U.S. families have at least one big purchase they want to make-and many have more than one in the budget. The great danger, noted the survey, is that further inflation and continuing price rises may discourage future consumer buying. Compared with June 1957, when 42% were fatalistically resigned to a perpetual price spiral, only 28% of U.S. consumers now expect prices of household goods and clothing to keep on going up; the remaining 72% look for mixed movement, no change or a general decline. Thus price becomes an increasingly important factor. Concludes...
...Key. A subtle story of Britain's tugboat captains of World War II, and of the woman several of them loved; with Sophia Loren, William Holden, Trevor Howard (TIME, July...