Word: populars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Michigan: Unhappy over heavy unemployment in the auto industry, Michigan voters swept out of office Senator Charles E. Potter, 42, last major G.O.P. officeholder in a onetime Republican stronghold, swept in popular, able Lieutenant Governor Philip A. Hart...
...interest tonight will focus on gubernatorial races in the nation's two most populous states. In New York's battle of the millionaires, Governor W. Averell Harriman is fighting for his political life against personable, popular Nelson A. Rockefeller. Harriman was the overwhelming favorite when the campaign began, but his Republican opponent has made substantial gains in recent weeks and now appears to hold a slight edge...
...complain most loudly about the wide variety of products are the retailers. Most dealers agree that business would be better if there were fewer models to handle, find that most customers tend to concentrate on a few popular models anyway. "I feel that multiplicity affects profit," says Edward R. Taylor, Motorola executive vice president of consumer products. "It shortens the margins for the wholesaler and retailer." Says Buick General Manager Edward T. Ragsdale: "We reduced our models to make it simpler for our dealers to keep an adequate inventory on hand...
...Last Hurrah. That old Gael Spencer Tracy gets a chance to make something out of the blarney that is built into the familiar figure of Frank Skeffington, rogue-hero of the popular 1956 bestseller. Result: a politico who is a combination of Robin Hood and Mother Machree. Sure and if he steals, 'tis only from the rich...
...when the club was last active, members made trips to Vassar for break-fast--flying time is 1.5 hours. Weekend skiing trips to New Hampshire were also popular...