Word: proof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...threat of surprise attack. At another Geneva conference, U.S., British and Russian delegates were already in their second week of talks on nuclear-test suspension, though progress was stalled by the clash between Soviet insistence on stopping tests right away and "forever" and U.S.-British insistence that a foul-proof inspection system must precede any long-term agreement to halt tests. To help the conference's slender chances of success, the U.S. and Britain had, as of Oct. 31, halted nuclear tests for a one-year trial period on condition that the Soviet Union do the same...
...continue de-stooling chiefs and deporting opponents. Like the soldiers who have lately taken power all over Southeast Asia, Nkrumah, no soldier, argues that the classic restraints of 18th century constitutional liberalism do not fit the situation he confronts. But on him-and on them-rests the burden of proof that backward steps will result in greater steps forward...
Smith, who drinks sparingly but ages his own 150-proof bourbon in special barrels for his friends, at first balked at the introduction of liquor on airlines. Later he decided to serve it-free. Says he: "It costs you more money to sell liquor than to give it away. Also, we don't want our girls to sell whisky. Would you want your daughter to be an airline hostess if she sold whisky...
...first liquor license when the dry years ended. The old man was a fiery red-head whose work in Ireland had netted him the title of "Rectifier of Liquors." He ran a chain of pubs in Cork and Queenstown, and "rectified" scotch and Irish whiskey to its correct proof after it was collected--much like milk from the farms--from the county's pot stills...
...manufacturer advertises a "suggested retail price," which is much higher than he expects the retailer to charge, tickets his merchandise or stamps the delivery carton with the inflated price. The retailer can then drastically cut the price, show the customer the price stamped on the original carton as proof of a huge bargain. One lawnmower manufacturer advertised last spring in a trade publication that his power mowers, which he priced in ads at $154.95, could be sold at $74.95-and the retailer would make the usual profit. A watchmaker preticketed a lady's wristwatch at $200, a Detroit store...