Word: peak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With Hoagy Carmichael at the piano, Miss Bacall at the bar and Bogart at his favorite attitude of tight-lipped heroism, To Have And Have Not is at a near-peak of movie making. Its sometimes loose construction and frequent mawkish patriotism make it the more enjoyable as tiny imperfections in beloved people and objects only add to their charm. Hemingway's mediocre novel has been screened several times, but this is the best. ROBERT J. SCHOENBURG
Despite the overall decline, there are many businessmen and economists who are against any emergency measures, such as public works, as long as construction is at record levels, individual liquid assets are at a peak of $300 billion ($6,500 for every family in the U.S.), and industry is expanding as fast as ever. They agree with Prudential Insurance Co.'s President Carrol M. Shanks, who thinks that the greatest danger to the economy "by all odds" is still inflation. The antirecession moves of 1949 needed time to stimulate the economy. In 1954, the antirecession medicines already given have...
...water, a sealer crimped on a flat top, and the first can of root beer rolled off the line of Can-a-Pop's third and largest plant (one of the largest in the country). By last week Rogers had his clashing $1,250,000 cannery up to peak production of 30,000 cases daily...
Peter H. Rossi, assistant professor of Sociology, doesn't think there is "terribly much difference in attitudes of political responsibility between those who are 18-20 and those who are 21-25." He notes that the national peak reading period is at the high school level. "There is now a gap of three to four years before a person is involved in making political decisions. By lowering the voting age to 18, we would provide a type of continuity in taking on adult responsibility...
...Dodgers are frankly not very impressive, but there just isn't anybody better. The Bums still have a good solid club, packed with power. The whole team had a great year in '53 and there will certainly be some slumps from that peak. The Dodgers' main strong-point this season will be a greatly-improved pitching staff, headed by big Don Newcombe, returned from the Army, followed by flashy Carl Erskine, Meyer, Loes, Podres, Roe, and a host of good young pitchers...