Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...against disaster. They warded off excesses. One of the reasons for the slip in business toward the end of 1953 was that businessmen were cautiously ordering less, working down their inventories. The inventories, while still enormous ($78 billion), were equal to only 1.6 times monthly sales, just about the pre-Korea average. And at year's end, as inventories kept dropping, purchasing agents looked for a business upswing before 1954 was many months old, as business started to restock. However, the backlog of unfilled orders still stood at $61 billion at year's end, more than twice...
Best picture: From Here to Eternity (Columbia), James Jones's novel of pre-Pearl Harbor Army life (TIME...
...surprise move last night, the Student Council announced it would reconsider its pre-vacation decision to re-run Junior Class Council elections...
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony conducted by Rafael Kubelik; Mercury). A pre-twelve-tone work (1909) by a man who had already turned his back on Wagner and Debussy. The score, which seeks to suggest the shrugs and nudges of one man's subconscious, ranges from vaporous to terrifying. Performance: excellent...
...life, suave, curly-haired Eugene J. Carroll, 26, of Levittown, L.I., has been "looking for excitement." He started out to be a doctor, but quit after two years' pre-med at Brooklyn's St. John's University because it was "too drab." Finally, five years ago, Carroll found a career that suited him just fine. It took him to some of the top universities of the East...