Word: pickings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Candidate of Stability. López Mateos' record of efficiency in office made him a strong contender for the presidency in 1958. In choosing him, Ruiz Cortines followed the tradition that lets each President pick the government party's candidate, provided that he is not objectionable to any ex-President. A whoop-it-up campaign this year introduced López Mateos to the country, and as P.R.I.'s candidate he was easily elected over a brash and helpless opponent...
...found that a far greater emphasis on actual speaking of the language was particularly effective. Tape recorders were pressed into use and men taught foreign languages by actual imitation of the sounds that they heard coming over the tape. When the war ended, Cornell was the first college to pick up this idea, using it on an experimental basis. By 1950 it had proved itself so successful that it was made the permanent method. As a result, Cornell has the most modern, if not the most successful language program in the country. The language is completely separated from the culture...
Payrolls were growing fatter because basic industries continued to pick up:
...Help from Home. What makes the situation precarious is that in times past, Owner Hughes could be counted on to pick up the tab for losses. But Hughes is having troubles in other parts of his empire. Hughes Tool Co., which is financing T.W.A.'s new jets, is in no position to absorb more heavy losses. For years the company did a $120 million annual business in oilfield equipment-and turned a 50 profit before tax on every dollar. Now profits are down sharply. A decline in oil drilling, rising competition at home and imports of oil from abroad...
...customary in this situation, Father is just a headstrong bull in the china shop of human relations, and dear knows what a mess he would be in if he didn't have a capable woman and several ever-so-knowing children to pick up the pieces. At first, of course, there isn't any woman, but the children soon ignore their father into hiring a maid (Sophia Loren) who is just what the scriptwriter ordered. She wiggles around, sings peculiar popular songs ("Presto, presto, do your very best, oh"), boils an egg-obviously, to the children, a normal...