Word: lift
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...United States, opposed to dictatorship but equally opposed to governmental instability in times of international tension, seems caught between ideology and practicality. The two, however, are not irreconcilable. Franco's rule is neither terroristic nor strictly speaking, oppressive. At the moment, its maintenance seems necessary to lift Spain above its current economic shallow-water mark. A radical change in governmental structure at the present time could be disastrous. The U.S., in the form of aid to Spain, appears to recognize these facts...
...historic battles, or hum entire symphonies. Thanks to his rare gift, Nadler currently may add as much as $192,000 to winnings that have already provided a $15,000 house for his wife and three sons. Beyond that, he can take his pick of offers that will lift him out of his clerk's job in the Army supply depot in downtown St. Louis...
Lars Gullin: Baritone Sax (Atlantic). Seven pulsingly rhythmic interpretations of old favorites (Summertime, A Foggy Day) and new numbers (Fedja, composed by rising Swedish Jazzman Gullin himself). The numbers get a lift from the free-swinging drumming of Nils-Bertil Dahlander (known as Bert Dale when he toured the U.S.), generally show Swedish jazz to be as cool as iced aquavit...
...record 7,515,400 bbl. a day, did not mean that the oil shortage had worsened. Only a fortnight ago Thompson himself appeared before a House committee in Washington to argue with an expert's persuasiveness that reports of a serious shortfall in the European oil lift were only a myth. Bearing out his analysis, Britain has since eased oil rationing...
...Rathbone told a House committee that in order to get 1,365,000 bbl. of fuel oil for Europe, his buyers had to accept a tie-in deal from three refiners for 302,000 bbl. of "unwanted" gasoline. Yet so far, testified Rathbone, Jersey Standard has tailored its lift to Europe's needs, shipped 20 million bbl. of crude, only 431,000 bbl. of gasoline. Asked the probers: Was the recent boost in crude prices made to protect the industry against a falling profit margin? Yes, said Rathbone. noting that Jersey Standard's profit percentage of net worth...