Word: risen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bucking the Trust. The 20 centavos that Hugo paid for Eva's coffee was the best investment he ever made. A street singer as a child, he had already risen to popularity as a crooning film star. But it was his good standing with Evita Peron that raised him to political power in film and radio circles as head of the actors' union, and enabled him to become the only independent film producer in Argen tina. With Evita's support, he was able to buck the powerful Argentine Film Producers' Association, even though...
...Measurements In the preceding decade, the whole nation's living standard had risen, partly through Government measures such as social security, price supports, legalizing collective bargaining, etc. But the most solid reason for the rise was the incredible expansion of U.S. private industry in war & peace. A decade ago U.S. industrialists feared overexpansion. Now they seem to fear under-expansion. In the seven postwar years, private industry has invested the staggering total of $151 billion on new plants-greater than all the capital equipment of England, France and Western Germany combined...
...preceding decade, the whole nation's living standard had risen, partly through Government measures such as social security, price supports, legalizing collective bargaining, etc. But the most solid reason for the rise was the incredible expansion of U.S. private industry in war & peace. A decade ago U.S. industrialists feared overexpansion. Now they seem to fear under-expansion. In the seven post war years, private industry has invested the staggering total of $151 billion on new plants - greater than all the capital equipment of England, France and Western Germany combined...
...majority of citizens have big ger actual incomes than ever, despite the depreciated dollar. The average worker can now buy a Ford with only 925 hours of labor v. 998 hours in 1932 - even though the cost of the greatly improved car has risen from $445 to $1,526. He can buy a $10,000 home for 6,024 hours of labor v. 14,320 hours for an equivalent...
...when Silent Cinemactress Janet Gaynor won Hollywood's first Academy Award for her acting in Seventh Heaven, a gold-plated Oscar statuette was worth about $150. The value of most gewgaws has risen since then, but Oscars have outstripped them all. Hollywood publicists have long since discovered that these "noncommercial" citations for artistic merit have a specific box-office value: a mere Oscar nomination can add about $100,000 to a movie's gross. An actual award, if well exploited, may be worth...