Word: papered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hunched over his dusty, paper-piled desk, with his big ears and jet-black bushy brows, Nuri looks like a grizzled old bear. He is ponderous of movement, quickly bored, and constitutionally unwilling to make a show of interest for politeness' sake. He dismisses an aide's idea with a casual wave of the hand that says, "You're a good boy but don't bother me with such nonsense." Worldly, infinitely experienced, he carries himself with the air of one who knows precisely where all the levers of power in his country are located...
...harsh conditions on the edge of space. The upper atmosphere is bitter cold, but the air is so thin that it has little chilling effect. The controlling influence is sunlight, much stronger than on the surface. To ward it away, the gondola was insulated with four layers of honeycomb paper and plastic, and an air-conditioning system was capable of keeping the inside temperature down to a comfortable...
...Line copied out some Kanji characters and sent them with his interpretations to Pacific Stars & Stripes, the armed forces' daily newspaper in the Far East. Stars & Stripes ran Line's contribution under the heading "Nipponoodles." So many Americans began sending in their own Kanji entries that the paper started a Nipponoodle contest and appointed a full-time Nipponoodle editor, who found that it was "like taking a perpetual Rorschach test." With more than 12,000 commonly used characters to draw from, crazy Kanji fever swept the U.S. colony in Japan and erupted into a Stars & Stripes anthology...
...squeaking in short-term paper was nothing compared to what was happening in bonds. The demand for long-term money by expanding corporations was so great (eight bond issues in the week totaled $103, 575,000) that the corporations had to keep upping their bids for the available supply. The interest rate on top-quality utility bonds rose as high as 4.58%, while the cost on bonds that were rated a bit lower was as much as 4.68%. On some bonds the yields topped those of blue-chip stocks; Columbia Gas System's 5½% debentures were sold...
...undertaken this year in its annual Commencement Supplement to report on some of the more crucial areas under discussion, and, in some cases, to offer suggestions and criticisms. The opinions expressed in the various articles are, however, those of the writers and not necessarily editorial policy of the paper...