Word: notch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dark, the director of A Streetcar Named Desire, the choreographer of Finian's Rainbow, the leading lady of High Button Shoes, the leading man of Annie Get Your Gun. But whether so many top-notchers are like too many cooks, or whether some of them have slipped a notch or two, Love Life is not really a good show; it is only a show with good things...
Skiing for Harvard in intercollegiate competition is recognized by the H.A.A. as a varsity sport. Though the team has not a coach as yet, it will start practicing as soon as the snow falls, using headquarters at the Ski Club's cabin in Pinkham Notch...
...Federal Reserve Board pulled in another notch in the nation's credit belt last week. It ordered its 7,000 member banks to put up some $1.9 billion in additional reserves. It was the second time FRB had used the new anti-inflation powers granted by the special session. (The first was tightening of installment credit, which goes into effect next week.) As banks lend about $6 for every dollar they have on deposit, FRB's order, in effect, cut the lending power of banks about $12 billion...
...large part it would reflect the careful personality of Tom Dewey himself. It was just that thought which had caused the real opposition to his nomination. Though nearly all Republicans respected him for his administrative skill, and admired him for his ability to command the loyalty of top-notch aides, a variety of Republicans felt he was not the kind of man they could cotton to. Old Guardists could love John Bricker, young folks could idealize Harold Stassen. others could be devoted to Statesman Vandenberg. Dewey, it was variously said, was too mechanically precise to be liked, too watchfully unbending...
...several days prior to July 2, top notch Star Class sailing boats from 140 fleets all over the country will converge on Sheepshead Bay, New York, and one of these will be the brand new "Hilarius" spippered by Smart. After four days of heats and finals one boat will emerge as the Olympic entrant...