Word: question
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end, the two survivors lay limply on hospital beds. All B-58s-the hottest bombers in the Air Force arsenal-were unofficially grounded. A deep question plagued the minds of Air Force investigators: how to do a better job of protecting the flyers of the jet age against the bone-crushing hazards of bail-out at supersonic speeds...
Even more groveling was his account of himself: "Before the June 1957 [showdown] I was not with the antiparty group on the question of reorganizing industrial management and the question of developing the virgin lands. I spoke and fought for the party line. But sad as it is for me, the fact remains that in 1957, when the antiparty activity of Malenkov, Kaganovich, Molotov and Shepilov was in full swing, I joined them. As chairman of the council of ministers at the time, I was not only their accomplice but their nominal leader. The antiparty group met and plotted...
...Burning Question. In the five months since the Iraqi coup, the Communists have shown themselves the most tightly knit, best disciplined political outfit to emerge in Iraq's political chaos. They have infiltrated the police. To a lesser extent, they have penetrated the higher echelons of government and the army. At least one ranking official, Economics Minister Ibrahim Kubah, talks like a Communist (he calls Red China the "focus of intellectual and spiritual enlightenment in our contemporary world"). The Communists control propaganda, dictating the tone of all Baghdad newspapers. They also control the streets, as last week...
...next year, and which in turn will hold down prices. Inflation showed up in almost every speech by leading economists in 1958, but not in prices. There was little doubt that rising costs, high demands, and big Government spending had woven some inflation permanently into the economy. The big question is: Can it be held in check, particularly since the budget will show another big deficit...
...meeting last week in Manhattan, stockholders took advantage of their new rights to question Burger on A. & P.'s profit margins, heard that they are 1.06% on the dollar, lowest of any top food chain. Grumbled one stockholder: "Isn't that too low?'' Replied Burger: "The company does not believe in profiteering on food. The food business is not a gold mine, and you cannot mine gold from...