Word: potentate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malone, most politicians in Indiana feel all right about this process. But if they are at odds with the state administration, they feel just terrible about who is getting the benefit. When Jenner & Co. saw that more toll roads projected for the future would give the Craig organization a potent long-range weapon, they decided to set up some roadblocks...
These times and sheldon Wiederhorn's 2:37 in the breaststroke are, however, far from potent...
...Commission may well sink even further into the political mire; full-scale development of atomic power for industrial purposes will challenge commissioners with potent new problems. Through its power over the licensing of atomic facilities, the allocation of atomic materials, and patent policy, the Commission will play a dominant role in determining the course of that development. Unless the agency recaptures public respect, its decisions can open the way for political brawling that will dwarf the Dixon-Yates struggle...
...mammoth Caracas department store: BUY TODAY AND PAY TOMORROW! On time payments, women in pipeless hillside shanties buy U.S.-made washing machines, and happily lug water in buckets on their heads to fill them. Specialty shops sell canned Spanish cuttlefish, rhinestone-studded yo-yos, TV sets and a potent local liquor disarmingly called La Economica. The 4,000 millionaires who set "two Cadillacs in every garage" as their standard enjoy such diverse luxuries as art collections, a drive-in that serves chilled martinis, sports-car racing and a nightclub where a cow does...
...three games last year, the varsity had an easy time shutting out the Green 4 to 0, here but had a 1-1 record at Hanover. This year's Dartmouth team, relying heavily on Russell, may end up as the doormat of the league. Princeton's none too potent six defeated the Indians recently...