Word: loses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eisenhower Administration was heading was clear. Said he: "I don't want to see anyone take us back to the old ways of greed and arrogance and indifference to the public weal which we rejected 20 years ago. Because I know, if those days return, we shall lose our strength at home and our moral leadership abroad, and the path will lead to depression and destruction...
...house of delegates. Holman wasted little time on the specific points of the Dulles argument. His appeal was to a deep-seated legal concept: the force of precedent, stare decisis. If the house of delegates "turned turtle" now after twice backing the Bricker Amendment, warned Holman, the A.B.A. would lose all future influence in Washington. That did it. The vote: 117 to 33 for endorsement of the amendment...
...wormy. They labored long and hard, climbing up mountains to gather wood, digging ditches, tending fields. Some, like Conte, squatted for months in "the hole," a tiny cell in which a prisoner could not stand or lie down. "My biggest worry was that I was going to lose my mind in there," said Conte. "Then I learned to keep my mind a blank for hours on end, and somehow I didn't go nuts...
...market bound still lower? It had plenty of room to fall. The Dow-Jones industrials could lose almost 50 points and still be higher than the 212.50 level from which the 1946 market began its decline. But the outlook for profits and dividends gave little solid reason for a major shakeout. By all indications, 1953's profits will be at least 10% higher than 1952's. Next year, with the Excess Profits Tax removed, many companies will be able to earn more on lower sales. And the fact that there are so many bears might be an argument...
...excise taxes except those on liquor, tobacco and gasoline were removed, said Ruml, the Government would lose some $3.4 billion in annual income. But no new taxes would have to be imposed to make up the difference. Reason: the present budget overstates tax needs by $12 billion. Ruml listed four ways the budget should be trimmed...