Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dollar export drive] is so crucial . . . that the Treasury is leaving no stone unturned, not even that of encouraging private enterprise. Even if this be regarded as a change in planning technique, rather than a true retreat from planning, it means a greener light and a rosier prospect for the British businessman than he has had since before...
...party which made gains in the last three off-year elections, and polled 45% of the vote in the last presidential election, was not withering away like the English Liberals. In the Senate, where the Republicans need to pick up seven seats to win control, their best prospect was in Idaho, where Governor Charles A. Robins was expected to eliminate Glen Taylor. There was an even-money chance that Governor Jim Duff could beat Senate Majority Whip Francis Myers in Pennsylvania and that Illinois' Everett Dirksen could unseat Majority Leader Scott Lucas. Representative Richard Nixon might defeat the Democrats...
Berman, winter quarter-mile star, is number one man in the half. Also in the 880 are Jim Downey and George Williams, the latter a promising prospect. In the current weather any of them will be lucky to break two minutes...
...wide range of student interests, offering reading that's not on the reading lists. Some periodicals emphasize self-help: "Seven Ways to Improve Your Sex Technique," and "You, Too, Can Drink Anyone Under the Table." Others offer household hints, such as "How to Cook a Man," and "How to Prospect for Uranium." Educational articles on "Science Conquers Sex" and "The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits," vie with sports features like "French Girls on a Six-Day Grind" (women cyclists...
Although the great McCarthy spy hunt had produced more headlines than facts, the headlines were big enough and black enough to give the Democratic Party the jitters. For one thing, there was always the awful prospect that McCarthy might turn up one case that he could make stick. If that one turned out to be anything like the case of Alger Hiss, one was all it would take...