Word: pour
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hand, durable-goods makers had done poorly in 1946. Now that they were reaching peak production, they were doing very well. On the basis of General Motors annual report last week Wall Streeters computed that G.M. earned $73 million in the last quarter of 1946, a rate which would pour in a record $292 million in net profits this year -if all went well. But it was the durable-goods industries which were now faced with new wage demands. And there was no guarantee that price cuts would eliminate them. Ford has cut prices-and promised further cuts...
Last week, after the U.S. premiere of Messiaen's harsh, ascetic Hymne pour grand Orchestre, Manhattan music critics also failed to agree. Growled the New York Times: "... A slightly varied and highly diluted version [of Le Sacre...
...coffee, into which she accidentally put salt (in Lucretia P. Hale's Peter kin Papers'). Family and friends added one ingredient after another, hoping to make Mrs. Peterkin's coffee taste better. A lady of wisdom finally suggested that Mrs. Peterkin just pour a fresh cup. That solution was not apt to occur to Congressmen-they usually prefer something more laborious...
...holdouts contributed) why the U.S. fell so far short of maximum production. With some 4,000,000 more at work than ever before, the Federal Reserve Board index of industrial production never got above 185, falling far short of the peak war rate. In short, though the U.S. did pour out the greatest flood of products in peacetime history, it took far more than a proportionate increase of workers...
Debussy: Preludes, Book II (Robert Casadesus, pianist; Columbia, 12 sides); Pour le Piano Suite and Danse (Gaby Casadesus, pianist; Vox, 4 sides); Milhaud: Le Bal Martiniquais (Robert and Gaby Casadesus, duo-pianists; Columbia, 2 sides). Husband & wife take turns working over the iridescent music of a fellow Frenchman. Robert's album is deeper and moodier; Gaby plays more lightly-turned caprices. Their joint record is light, witty...