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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something for that other fella in right [Hank Bauer]. I even used him as a catcher and I gamble and I lose [here Casey remembers a game with the White Sox when Berra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Fella | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...even two years ago when we played them last. And I'll tell you something: we won the World Series back in Vero Beach this spring when we polished them off 17-3. That scared 'em. That scared 'em so much they win 22 and lose only 2 to start the season. But I showed them some of my old power and maybe they remember...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: That Fella | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...change in the program was made partly at the request of Treasury Secretary Humphrey, who complained that write-off permission was being handed out for facilities designed primarily to meet civilian demand. If the program were continued, said Humphrey, the Government would lose some $3.3 billion in taxes from 1955 through 1959, without getting a compensating amount of defense capacity in return. ODM agreed, found that in some cases write-off certificates, although used for facilities high on the defense list, failed to bring about expansion. Example: railroads used write-off privileges to buy new freight cars to replace older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: A Blow to Expansion | 10/3/1955 | See Source »

...Enquiry without faith may prevail for a little, but in the end the unbalance, the list to one side, will take it off course and cause it to lose not only direction but any sense of direction, Horton said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Interdenominational Policy Backed By Dean Horton of Divinity School | 9/29/1955 | See Source »

...most important split over imports lies in the argument over world trade. If the U.S. slaps a tough quota on oil imports, the economy of other nations, such as Venezuela, will be permanently damaged. Not only will the U.S. lose a strong ally and a source of the petroleum that its industrial society desperately needs, it will also lose a good customer. Venezuela sold $120 million worth of oil to the U.S. last year, but bought $900 million worth of goods in return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Quota on Imports | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

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