Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idealism and long speeches (two constituents, of course, of Osborne's own power), and changes the play's name to Telephone Tart. Another factor is his rejection by Mrs. Elliot's sister Ruth, the only other character in the play who thinks and talks and understands on his level...
...protons circulating around the earth on both sides of its magnetic equator (see diagram). Only the lower parts have been observed with any accuracy. The upper limits are deduced from knowledge of the magnetic field. The Air Force's Pioneer, soaring far past the 1,400-mile level reached by the Explorers, confirmed "tentatively and partially" that the lethal radiation drops off sharply around 7,000 miles...
Back from a one-week official visit to Russia, Sir John Cockcroft, in charge of research for Britain's Atomic Energy Authority, reported that the Russians are working hard on the problem of controlled fusion. He estimated that the situation is about "level pegging" between the Russians on one side, the British and Americans on the other. The Russians have an experimental machine which is virtually the twin of Britain's famous Zeta. But they built it in six months, while Britain needed two years. They have also constructed a "mirror machine," a U.S. specialty which is another...
...five-day week, mills trimmed output by 10% during this year's first half, whittled inventories from 6.3 weeks of sales in June to 5.3 weeks in September. With inventories down and orders up, mills changed course this fall, boosted output almost 15% above the April level...
...textile company, Burlington Mills (fiscal 1958 sales: $651 million), has only 5% of the industry sales. All the manufacturers are fiercely independent, have never joined in an intelligent drive to promote textile sales. Competition is so cutthroat that wholesale textile and apparel prices are only 93% of 1947-49 level, while other wholesale industrial prices stand...