Word: lows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...discharge, quested for a job and anonymity. But Girard's Japanese wife Candy was getting a warmer reception from the locals than Bill. While he was unsuccessfully seeking work, she was neatly fitting herself into his family, even helped fix the Christmas turkey. Girard was moaning meek and low: "All I want to do is get me a job, make a good living, be a good husband and just be an average guy. I don't want no part of the limelight ever again...
...doubled. Already the government is dipping into its "iron reserve" of rice stores, nominally designated for use only in the event of war or national emergency. Djakarta printing presses were at work turning out 400,000 rice ration cards and government employees began receiving part of their pay in low-priced, government-supplied rice...
While Kubitschek spent for its future greatness, Brazil suffered. The treasury deficit rose $240 million in the first eight months of the year. The cruzeiro hit a low of 96.5 to the dollar last month; living costs rose 20% yearly...
...most bizarre situations are found. One college, when the time limit for acceptances drew near, found that the percentage of acceptances was alarmingly low. A number of offers were at once sent to applicants who had been put on a waiting list. Then, quite unexpectedly, a wave of acceptances from candidates formerly offered admissions was followed by another wave of acceptances from the new group just offered admission, and there was a freshman class larger by almost 100 than had been planned...
...became apparent that the initial pessimism was overdone, the market soared to within only a quarter of a point of the alltime 521.05 high reached in 1956. Then in October, with the first signs of trouble, it came whistling down more than 100 points to a new 1957 low. At year's end it was backing and filling as investors tried to make up their minds what 1958 would bring...