Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While sharing Harris' general optimism on the state of the economy, John K. Galbraith, professor of Economics, pointed to the continuous two-year decline in farm prices as a dangerous soft spot. "For some time to come, there is a reasonably strong prospect of a squeeze in the agricultural sector of the economy." he said...
...questioners switched to the Commissioner General, who privately believes that the war must be won before negotiations. Dejean, apparently conscious of his duty towards his jittery superiors in Paris (see above), was radiant at the prospect of the Far East conference in Geneva. "I am convinced that if we can get China to cease giving aid to the Communists," beamed he, "a big step will have been taken on the road to peace." He did not suggest 1) how this might be done; 2) why Red China should comply-and no one was impolite enough to press...
...words," said Cole, "an area covering 300 square miles would be blanketed by this hydrogen explosion." The area of Greater New York City is slightly bigger (319.1 sq. mi.), but Cole hinted strongly that hydrogen bombs have grown much better since 1952, and that still more improvement is in prospect. "The 1952 tests," he said, "did not mark the end of the line in hydrogen research. Terrible secrets still lie undiscovered in the fusion of nuclei. In due course, we can be sure, the ingenuity of man will ferret out these secrets...
Despite its shaky, melodramatic plot line, The Prospect Before Us' is alive with the nervous tempo of big-city sights, sounds and smells. Too often, however, Author Gold uses the camera eye and forgets the developing tank, leaving the meanings of characters and whole chapters to be puzzled over and dimly glimpsed, like murky film negatives...
When Harry stops playing it doggy dog, he and The Prospect Before Us unravel fast. A young Negro girl from a civil rights association maneuvers him into renting her a room in the Green Glade. As if on cue, the Jakes. Gils and Morrises, the banks and realtors all land on Harry: so do fragments of his own hotel tiles, loosened by an unfriendly hand. Stubborn Harry doesn't scare, but all he can salvage from his tiny, crumbling domain is a brief, implausible love affair with the Negro girl. Reverting to me-first principles, he sets fire...