Word: redness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dragoon guards, resplendent in red and yellow costumes, never let themselves show the strain of an opening night, nor the boredom of singing something that they had done hundreds of times before in rehearsal. Their antics onstage frequently left the pit dragoons laughing so much they were incapable of singing...
...found in the case of political rallies. Before the war it was very easy for a Harvard group to hold a rally, and right in the Yard if it wished. Today the Yard is out of bounds for rallies, and considerable Dean's Office and Student Council red tape must be sliced through to hold a rally anywhere else on Harvard property. Part of the Dean's objection to use of the Yard comes from fear of disturbing classes, but this cannot be a serious objection to night time use for rallies...
...Marriner S. Eccles. He warned that there was inflationary trouble ahead. Before a congressional subcommittee last week, he ticked off a few signals: consumer credit is now up to $17 billion, almost double what it was at war's end, and the Federal Government is running into the red at the rate of $5.5 billion a year. Too many houses are being built on too slim security, said he, and the new corporation pension plans, which he flatly called "a big mistake," will keep prices high. He thought that the time had come for FRB to tighten...
Outside of buying such necessities, most of Scurry County's new-rich were living much as before and saving their money. As Joe York's neighbor, Arthur ("Booger Red") Townsend put it: "A man don't need no million dollars, all he needs is some comfortable circumstances...
...History of Texas" mural between the front doors, rode up & down the escalators, kept cash registers ringing. Although most middle-aged people still think of Woolworth's as a "Five and Dime," the Houston store last week showed how great the change has been behind the old familiar red front. There were canaries for $9.95, fishing rods and reels for $15, mechanical trains for $21.65 and bicycles...