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Word: nots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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The big background fact of the steel strike is the U.S. economy's pressing need for a hold-down on production costs. Round-after round of wage boosts followed by price boosts has brought not only price upcreep at home but also loss of export markets abroad. Western Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Behind the Fog | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

2-B or Not 2-B. At first Blough & Co. demanded a contract clause saying that 2-B would not "restrict the company from improving the efficiency and economy of its operations." Last month the industry eased this demand to a proposal to submit the 2-B issue to a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Behind the Fog | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Last week Detroit police explained that the secret of the Averills' prosperity was not rich relatives but a breathtakingly simple moneymaking technique. They arrested plump Mamie Averill, 58, on a charge of embezzling $100,513 from Giffels & Vallet. Apparently she had scooped out a lot more than that: a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Putting the Blame on Mame | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

While such scenes are obviously pleasing to Johnson, his friends see his real mission as creating a bloc of votes that can influence, if not determine, the Democrats' choice of a candidate. Johnson and his sagacious Texas sidekick, Speaker Sam Rayburn, expect to hold more than 300 delegate votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Pro | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

When the last brickbat had been flung, Eleanor Roosevelt rose up like teacher reproving a wayward elderly schoolboy. "He doesn't like certain kinds of liberals," she said. "I welcome every kind of liberal . . . Perhaps we have something to learn from liberals that are younger." Flushing to his hairline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Disenchanted Evening | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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