Word: leste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...those rather too French concoctions that act as though Gallic were derived from gal, The Happy Time fetches its laughs from souvenir garters, stolen nighties, La Vie Parisienne, grandpa's amorous exertions that require medical aid, grandson's amorous speculations that require parental talks. Lest any of this seem unduly coarse, the characters are made wacky or lovable as well as lecherous, and the story is sprayed with period allusions and pidgin French...
...Santa Anita's water-logged racing strip; a light earthquake shook the track between the second and third races. It hardly seemed an ideal day for a comeback. Nonetheless, Calumet Farm sent Citation, the wonder horse, wading to the post for his first race in 13 months. Lest anybody accuse him of taking unnecessary risks with the great horse, Trainer Horace A. ("Jimmy") Jones explained that his decision had been based on careful calculations. Said Jimmy: "I decided the horse was mentally ready as well as physically. When a horse is ready, he should...
Thus, when recession-minded merchants felt the first touch of sales resistance, they canceled orders and started to live off inventories, lest they be caught in a slump. But sales slipped only 5% in the firs? six months. Since production dropped more than three times as fast, the U.S. was soon using up far more than it was producing. Then deep price cuts in such big consumer items as clothing brought even the most reluctant customers hustling back with wallets in hand. On top of that, consumption got a few healthy midyear boosts...
...union labor hoped to straighten this out in 1950. Part of the cost of pensions was a burden that industry could, and should, bear-if labor's demands were reasonable. But many businessmen also argued for a liberalization of the Federal Government's social-security payments, lest the burden on private enterprise grow...