Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there any prospect of a balanced budget in fiscal 1960, beginning a year from now? In reply to this press-conference question, the President said that he expected the deficit to "diminish" in 1960, but that it would take an "awful shrinkage" to bring $10 billion down to zero. In short...
...that night. At table he argues with the girl about her latest beau and gets into the usual back-and-forth with the oldest boy about the business. Finally, it all winds up in a big fight, and Pa insults the daughter's No. 1 prospect (Warren Stevens) and then stomps off to the pool hall with the younger boy, leaving Alma to face another of those long, long evenings alone, fooling around the kitchen, wondering what has gone wrong...
...prospect of a murderer-and a story-getting away has set Fleet Street to trampling out a foaming vintage of sour grapes. Cried the Daily Sketch: "Arrest this man." Huffed the Star: "It is bad for a nation when a man can get away with murder and show a profit...
...shows seems to be in participation programs. ABC is shouting Anybody Can Play, NBC challenges quizlings to Pick a Winner or try The Big Game, CBS dares viewers either to Sing Along or Keep Talking! Away from the panels and the quiz masters, there is little in prospect to excite viewers. ABC offers Bobby Troup's Stars of Jazz as relief from the heat. CBS will try its courtroom show, The Verdict Is Yours (TIME. May 19) as an hour evening program, in addition to Verdict's weekday afternoon half-hour run. NBC is scheduling two hour-long...
...trading put stocks on the Dow-Jones industrial average up seven points to 469.60, the highest level since September and a good 50 points above the recession low set last October. Spurred on by the good steel news, U.S. Steel, Bethlehem and Republic rose. Lower gasoline stocks and the prospect of stiffer curbs shoved the depressed oils ahead. Even the troubled railroads, which have had precious little to toot about this year, built up some steam. With the possibility of favorable legislation, the Dow-Jones railroad average hit a new 1958 high...