Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...made his biggest blunder by getting himself "reelected" President in a me-or-nobody plebiscite last Dec. 15. This cynical insult to the nation's honor drove air-force men to try a New Year's uprising. That revolt was crushed, but it touched off a rapid sequence of plots, civilian riots and student demonstrations that reached their inevitable climax last week...
...swine raising," said Kansas City, Mo. Packer Arthur B. Maurer last week. The revolution: a new way of raising hogs called contract farming. Contract farming, though new to the pork industry, is not new to U.S. agriculture; it was started in the canning industry years ago. But its rapid spread in recent years to other sections of the farm economy has caused some enthusiasts to feel that it may go a long way toward solving the farm problem, since its aim is to increase the income of farmers by cutting their costs, improving their products and widening the market...
...process has lengthened from 21 days to two years the period in which blood may be preserved. The technique involves a rapid and practical method of removing a glycerol preservative which freezes blood at 79 degrees below zero centigrade...
...Wizard. But General Dynamics' competence in weaponry stacks the cards heavily against rapid growth of the corporation's civilian lines. Vital defense projects are bound to grow rather than shrink in the next few years. Convair and RCA have already submitted to the Defense Department plans for an anti-missile missile, the Wizard II, which could search out an incoming enemy ICBM and explode it high in the atmosphere. The Wizard could conceivably be put into production by 1965 (at a cost of up to $5 billion) if the Defense Department gives an immediate go-ahead...
...there was positive good news, too, to encourage the market. Department-store sales were still running at a record pace. Higher military spending and more rapid contract-letting promised to spur defense industries, while relaxed credit requirements for FHA home buyers (see Housing) promised to give the housing industry, already on the upgrade, another boost...