Word: often
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thirds of the carafes examined were "grossly unhygienic"-meaning that in many there were the partly decomposed bodies of insects, or "islands" of algae and fungi. Often, the walls were slimy. Most had a stale odor, and "a few were literally foul." When the bacteriologists went to work, they found that in 22% of the carafes the water contained colon bacilli, and no fewer than 69% held Staphylococcus aureus-including at least one of the deadly, penicillin-resistant strains that have caused wholesale epidemics and killed babies in some hospital nurseries (TIME, March...
...point of view, is that most of these gains benefit the independent stations, where advertisers can buy into shows that are both cheaper and more closely tailored to local markets than network programs. More and more affiliated stations hesitate to use network shows in prime time slots that can often be more profitably sold to local advertisers. To fight against this localitis, the networks are moving into 1959 with grand but contrasting schemes...
...history of U.S. industry. "American business," he says, "spends too much time on thinking about this month, this year. It ought to spend more time preparing for 15 to 20 years from now-the next business generation." Another Cordiner complaint: business is so big that individual initiative is often stifled. Men who once would have been bosses of their own companies have too little chance in a corporation to run their own shows. Cordiner's answer to both problems: massive decentralization...
...romantic and the curious. Perhaps these people owe more to fate than to talent, but they exist nonetheless. And, if there are such people, there are also such buildings. Some have had to put up with centutries of mediocrity while others have been graced with consistently interesting, and often histrionic, tenants. Cambridge's Warren House belongs to this illustrious category...
...often been the case this year, the varsity played its best hockey of the game in the final period, running the score up to 6-1 before Tufts scored its final goal with only three seconds left to go in the game...