Word: nettings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world basis, all this added up to net progress for the U.S. and its allies. The Reds still had the initiative in the Formosa Strait-it was they who could start a war or grab territory-but the U.S. was parrying their diplomatic thrusts. For the moment, the anti-Communist feeling shown at Bandung was the big, new fact in Asia. And the recent European success of the anti-Communist forces far outbalanced all Red Asian gains...
...Americans will eat 10% more citrus fruits and tomatoes than in 1950, 11% less nuts, dry beans and peas. Outlays for "participant recreation" will be up 36.3%. This rise chiefly reflects the boom in pari-mutuel betting and pinball and slot-machine playing (whose net receipts more than trebled in a decade, to $419 million in 1952). Contributions to political and civic organizations will climb 45.8%. Buying of jewelry and watches will be up 37.2%, foreign travel 53.7%, medical insurance 60.6%, private schooling 101.4%, and airline travel 187.4%. The nation's highways will teem with 59 million cars...
...British Choreographer Anthony Tudor, which turned Greek mythology's trio of goddesses into three aging Parisian filles of dubious joie, vying for the favor of a sleepy potential customer (Tudor). Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva. As Juno, Ballerina Viola Essen conveyed the bored allure of a Minsky stripper at the first morning show. And as Minerva, Ballet Theater Angel Lucia Chase achieved the air of a brave but discouraged workhorse whose limbs...
...Government has gotten rid of a whole grab bag of business activities it got into because nobody else could or would. It liquidated the Island Trading Co., a copra and trading firm (1954 sales: $3,000,000) set up by U.S. occupation officials in the Southwest Pacific, at a net profit to the U.S. of $1,100,000. In the Virgin Islands the Government sold its rum distillery (Government House brand) and its famed resort hotel, Bluebeard's Castle...
...Iran's Parliament last week passed a law to attract foreign capital and to help develop its unexploited resources. Although the specific details have not been drafted, the new law will offer foreign investors all the protection given domestic capital. Foreign businessmen will be allowed to transfer their net profit home without currency restrictions. If they liquidate their business, they can send both profits and capital home on a three-month notice, must keep only 10% of the total in Iran for six months to meet any possible claims. Finally, in case of nationalization, "fair and adequate" compensation will...