Word: luring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Conference was pretty generally a story played down and tucked away on inside pages. June 1954 might still prove to be a catastrophic month for the free world, but because it involved neither spectacular deed nor memorable word, it could not compete with television on Capitol Hill or the lure of the next motel...
RAILROADERS and truckers have barred no holds in their thumb-in-eye competition for more business. Over the years the truckers have managed to lure millions of dollars worth of freight traffic annually from the railroads. But as the trailer fleets have grown, truckers have brought on themselves the ire of motorists and tightening restrictions from states on trailer weights, size, etc. Railroaders, in turn, have seen their costs rise as business dropped. These pressures are forcing the two adversaries to end their fighting and compromise. The compromise: piggyback shipping, i.e., carrying loaded truck trailers on railroad flatcars...
...handing out bulletins, or grasps a lady around the waist or by the arm in showing her to her pew. Expert Hosman's advice on how to get people to sit up front: don't give out the bulletin right away, but use it as "bait" to lure back-pew addicts down the aisle. Added Hosman: "Ushering is not a job for women." Reasons: their high heels slow them down; they can't open and close windows quietly, or carry out hefty brethren who become...
...season's fine stockpile of feminine oomph. Heading the list was Audrey Hepburn, who, as the mermaid of Jean Giraudoux's rather waterlogged Ondine, proved a sprite that never was on sea or land. Equally near (though never under) the water, Shirley Booth was the principal lure of By the Beautiful Sea, while France's Jeanmaire brought something boyish, girlish and impish to the lumpish Girl in Pink Tights...
Money in the Ground. As the Depression wore on and war approached, Murchison saw inflation coming, sank every cent he had or could borrow into the ground. He worked out a variation of the reversionary interest, applied it to the oil business and made more millions. His trick: to lure buyers, he would sell oil property cheap, with the agreement that after the property had paid off the purchase price plus interest, a half-share in all production would revert to Murchison...