Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...YORK DAILY-NEWS: Morse has long hounded, harassed and blackguarded Mrs. Luce from his libel-suit-proof position in the U.S. Senate. We hope the Senator is satisfied. It will be interesting to learn, though, whether Morse's Oregon constituents enjoy seeing a yahoo bully a lady...
...ninth straight month, consumer prices held steady in March at 123.7 of the 1947-49 index. This news from the Labor Department seemed proof enough that the U.S. is not in the grip of any new inflation, but it was almost drowned out last week in a rising din over the dangers of inflation ahead...
...title belong to spies, and Heroine Lady Sophia Garfield has some rousing cloak-and-dagger experiences. The most amusing touch is a supposed renegade who shatters the morale of Britain's pet-lovers by broadcasting that "few dogs and no cats carried gas masks, and gas-proof cages for birds and mice were the exception rather than the rule. The animal first-aid posts were scandalously few and ill-equipped...
...fascinating tour de force, far tougher on its two actors than Broadway's current Two for the Seesaw, the play was further proof that Kit Cornell is still the most enthusiastic road-show actress in the business-and proof once more that Broadway is not the only satisfaction the U.S. has to offer its players...
Cessna's performance is proof that the private-aircraft industry, which sprouted like a teen-ager after 1951 (TIME, Feb. 17, 1958), has finally matured. Last year, despite the recession, U.S. private-plane manufacturers delivered 6,416 planes, up 300 over 1957, raked in $101.5 million v. $99.7 million in 1957. In January, the latest month reported, they sold 100 more planes and grossed $2,500,000 more than in January 1958. The recession proved that for the businessman, the private plane is not a luxury but a necessity. U.S. businessmen have taken to the air in such numbers...