Word: programed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite a they-shall-not-pass stand by Rayburn. the House last week agreed to finance the highway program by adding 1? per gallon (Ike asked 1½?) to the federal motor-fuel excise...
Even nature seemed to turn against Nehru; floodwaters swept down on the powerhouse of Bhakra Dam, showpiece of India's economic-development program, whose 740-ft. wall, when completed, will make it one of the world's highest. As they sought to stave off ruin, U.S. Builder Harvey Slocum and Indian engineers blamed each other for the catastrophe...
...Independence, Mo., Harry S. Truman, 75, and Jack Benny, 65, shuffled their scripts, studied their lines, rehearsed for a forthcoming Jack Benny Program on TV. Mingling laughs with instruction...
...Motors, raised $3,500,000 in 1938 to reorganize the company as an independent. Under his tightfisted, no-nonsense management, Eastern has never had an unprofitable year, went off subsidy 19 years ago, now has 233 airliners in service, and is midway through a $425 million jet-age expansion program...
...TRADE TROUBLES in West Germany are growing as German firms refuse to abandon traditional sources to buy Soviet raw materials under 1959 trade protocol calling for 50% increase in Russo-German trade. Germans speculate that Soviets will recall their trade councilor in disgrace because of program's failure...