Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pilot) Barr has two models: one with a range of a mile, one with a range of 80 to 100 miles that he uses to study aviators' hearts. He hopes to adapt this to catch the pit-a-pat of the first stout heart to ride a satellite...
Molotov Blushes. Molotov, getting into the act, took the Argentine ambassador and the Indonesian ambassador's wife out in another rowboat, but upset the boat when trying to beach it, and soaked everybody. "Molotov, you are a terrible sailor," said Defense Minister Zhukov, laughing heartily. "One should ride with you around the edge of the lake, not in the middle...
...thing, the Government remembers all too well the way businessmen ran for cover in 1953 when the Treasury, with its 3 ¼% 30-year bonds, sharply contracted the money supply. For another, the move keeps the FRB squarely on top of the situation, in position either to ride along or give the reins another slight tug whenever needed...
...Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Committee for Economic Development and many individual businessmen (plus the A.F.L. and the C.I.O. as well) fought to get it passed, and won. Bankers and contractors wanted a highway bill, but the truckers wanted a pay-as-you-ride compromise plan killed because it would have raised their gas, diesel and tire taxes $1 billion yearly. The small businessmen did all right: the Small Business Administration was extended for two years, and the Justice Department's recommendation (backed by big-city department stores and discount houses) to repeal...
Behind the Trappings. For a Prussian prince, Wilhelm began life in 1859 with a crushing handicap. He was born with a crippled left arm and rapidly picked up the inferiority complex that went with it. He was afraid to ride, used a special knife-fork gadget at meals, and exercised his right arm relentlessly to make up for the weakness of the other. As if one physical handicap were not enough, he suffered from a "scrofulous" ear sickness that made a court physician advise an insurance company not to write a policy on his life. Later, many highly placed Germans...