Word: pots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Warrior King of France, born 1553, assassinated 1610, and still remembered affectionately for his comment: "I should like to see a chicken in the pot of every Frenchman on Sundays...
Last week, the Grand Slam gave Northrop's President John K. (Jack) Northrop a big pot in what had long looked like a losing game. To Northrop Aircraft, which had more than once lost heavily on postwar wrong guesses, the Air Force was readying $154 million in contracts for the new plane, which would bring Northrop's total backlog to $389 million...
...fact was, said Billy, that "it was only after the case got into the newspapers and [Eleanor] filed 150 pages of affidavits charging me with everything from smuggling Chinamen to raising marijuana on my window sill that I decided to take a look at the pretty pot that was calling the kettle black ... I refuse to get bitter about [Eleanor], and I never suspected any extracurricular activity on the part of my wife. But her behavior was enough to make a strong man weep. My marriage ended seven years ago." (He was locked out of their house in October.) Since...
Fast-growing television, with a take of $388.4 million, turned in the biggest percentage gain (93.3%). TV's share of the U.S. advertising pot nearly doubled, from 3.5% to 6%. The share of newspapers (34.7%), radio (10.9%) and magazines (8.9%) shrank slightly, though dollar volume rose. The dollar leaders: newspapers, $2.2 billion, up 8.8%; direct mail, $923.7 million, up 15%; radio, $712.3 million, up 6.7%; magazines, $573.7 million...
...Ohga rushed from Tokyo to a farmyard in Kemigawa town, 25 miles southeast of the city. There, he carefully examined the ripening bud on a lotus plant. Blossoming, decided Dr. Ohga. would be a little premature. He settled down beside the aged iron cauldron that served as a flower pot and waited for the unfolding petals...