Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Phlox & Talks. The Russians, in no mood to niggle when they had such a good thing, welcomed the travelers like long-lost brothers. They sent a special VIP plane to Helsinki to pick them up, put them up lavishly in the Sovietskaya Hotel in suites complete with pianos and radios. "Truly a place for important people," glowed Unionist Harry Franklin. Georgy Malenkov himself invited them out to a handsome country dacha, and after picking a bunch of phlox and gladioli for Dr. Summerskill, told her gallantly: "What has been wrong too often in the world of education is that...
Work on the millimeter-wave generator was financed by the Office of Naval Research, and the Navy has hopes of using the tiny waves for short-range signaling. They fade out quickly in air, so there would be no chance that the enemy might pick them up at a distance. But Dr. Motz is more interested in the scientific uses of his waves. They oscillate so rapidly that they may be able to "see" into atoms, revealing properties that scientists can only guess...
...Pick Them. Nine out of ten people who buy reproductions may know or care little about art. They may be housewives in search of a sunset to hang over a mauve sofa and a painted bouquet to match the floral drapes in the guest room, or decorators trying to bring dreadful cheer to thousands of bare hotel rooms. Stacks of floral pieces, faithful dogs, pink-coated huntsmen, summer landscapes and angelic children are certainly a "common heritage," but not the one Malraux talks about...
More complications piled up. Cable companies, in a downtown area blocked off by police, were unable to send messengers to pick up our copy. However, our driver Mário found mysterious ways to get through to the cable offices. The possibility of getting pictures out on time seemed dubious. Pan American operations were disrupted, customs were closed, and the road to the international airport was cordoned off by police. The problem was solved by an obliging New York-bound passenger who agreed to take the pictures...
There were other hints last week of a continuing boom for business. With the auto industry getting ready to buy steel for 1955 models, steel production is beginning to pick up, as steelmen had predicted it would, rose to 64.8% of capacity from 63.5% the week before. Jobs were becoming more plentiful, too. For the sixth consecutive week the Labor Department reported a decline in new claims for unemployment benefits. Business failures were down to 184, the year's new low; department-store sales and installment buying were...