Word: rising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German victory celebration, the prisoners give a revue and invite the German officers who are guarding them. In the middle of the show, Gabin hears the news the Allies have finally won this battle. He rushes on the stage, roars out the good news, and all the prisoners rise and sing the "Marsaillaise." The German officers stomp out, and Gabin is put into solitary confinement...
...same issue of TIME, the Spanish philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset, may have explained the rise of Senator Humphrey-and many another modern politician. He assures us that the world is "suffering from a 'vertical invasion' of the masses." It has been "taken over by the commonplace mind...
There was another reason for the stock rise. For the first time in its history, U.S. Steel decided to split its stock-3 shares for 1-if the stockholders approve next May. By thus lowering the price of its stock, Big Steel hoped to widen the ownership, and win more friends who might influence Congress if there is any more talk of putting the Government into the steel business. Next day, in a 55,100-share turnover-greatest since Nov. 7, 1940-U.S. Steel closed at 77½, up 4⅝ points, though the rest of the market sagged...
...drop in consumer demand had brought a buyers' market in textiles, electric appliances and many another line, it was also bringing something like a buyers' market in labor. There was a sharp rise in the number of jobless in some states. The layoffs were also caused by a seasonal slump in building, and shutdown for inventory-taking, retooling, etc. In New York, the number getting unemployment benefits jumped from 320,544 in November to 461,280. But in such places as Pittsburgh and Detroit, there was no letup...
...higher standards" Kenneth Brown had spoken of; nor were they in favor of blindly distributing scholarships without a stiff examination of each candidate's intellectual merits and financial needs. Furthermore, warned the presidents: "The association sees in the proposal of the President's Commission for a sudden rise in the number of college and university students a great danger that we shall multiply our educational performance at its lowest level. The association advises . . . the Government to give serious thought to this danger...