Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good behavior, he was no sooner out of the prison gate than he was in trouble again. Pursued by a carload of persistent newsmen, he ordered his chauffeur to step on the gas. sent his black Cadillac hurtling along the 45 miles to Detroit at 80 m.p.h. (Michigan speed limit: "Reasonable and proper"). Twice overtaken by the reporters, Frank croaked peevishly: "Will you fellows please quit chasing me? Do you want to kill me dodging these cars?" Later he hopped a train for Manhattan, where he faces two more raps: one for dodging the truth about his criminal record when...
Early next year, said Budget Director Joseph Dodge, Congress will have to raise the debt limit. In the meantime, said he, the Government could probably borrow beyond the limit because Congress has passed appropriations for the next few years which could easily compel government spending beyond the present debt limit. But, he added, nobody in the Administration wants to do that because "people might not like the bonds...
...Dazzled Heart. Misia's new husband owned an immense castle with towers and battlements, but castles were not to Misia's taste. "Why should I limit myself to two or three hundred acres, when I can revel in the whole world?" she demanded. Edwards promptly sold his castle and built Misia a 100-ft. yacht. Caruso acclaimed the yacht's acoustics perfect, and tirelessly sang Neapolitan songs whenever he was a guest. "Enough!" Misia finally cried. "I can't bear that any more!" Eyes popping, Caruso exploded in dismay: "I, Caruso, the great, the incomparable Caruso...
...Increase the federal debt limit...
...production of automobiles in quantities far in excess of the number which can be orderly and efficiently sold." Kansas dealers, at their convention, called for a production cutback. Even one of the manufacturers joined the chorus. Said Studebaker's Chairman Paul G. Hoffman: "The automobile factories must limit their production to that volume of cars which . . . can be sold at a profit, by retail dealers . . . Profitless prosperity on the part of the dealers will, over the long pull, result in profitless prosperity for the manufacturers...