Word: risings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Britons still ends his formal schooling at 15, when compulsory attendance stops. But so many more are staying on that university enrollment has doubled since 1939, with a 19% rise since 1954 alone. "At least 20% of my students have some real ambition for a profession," says a London primary school headmistress. "Before the war, hardly a single one would have presumed to think so far above his station." Says a London milkman: "If I'd 'ad chances wot my son 'as, I wouldn't be just a milkman, not bleedin' likely...
...they rise to the bait, Actor Gielgud and Actress Leighton also rise to the top of their bents. At sparring they are perfectly matched, at witty detail brilliantly mated. If added tribute goes to Actress Leighton, it is for a certain marvelously sustained manner: she is all hoity-toity airiness and verve. Though the rest of the production, barring George Rose's lively Dogberry, is much of a piece with the rest of the play, both are well worth putting up with for the sake of the stars...
Soon Miguel is back flicking his switch blade. The way to rise above "little Spain" is crime, after all. He robs and murders, takes over as boss of the gang, and cooks up enough violent trouble to satisfy a theater full of Egyptian Dragons...
...fashioned general merchandise stores have declined 9%. But with more and more people on the go, restaurants are up 4%, automotive retailers 20%. Meanwhile, U.S. consumers, spending more on their persons and their surroundings, have caused the number of service trades firms to expand 18%. A,nd the rise in property ownership has caused the ranks of finance, insurance and real estate firms to expand...
...their showing of suits for winter resorts and next sum mer, makers ranging from big Catalina, and Cole of California, to Manhattan's petite Margaret Pennington, were plainly convinced that the Bikini, and two-piece suits in general, will be the brief thing to wear. Reasons: the rise in private pools, the step-up in travel to Europe, which has broadened the U.S. woman's taste while relaxing her modesty, and the huge increase in dieting to keep in trim. More women can afford to show more of their figures. Says Neiman-Marcus Buyer Sally Tutt: "The Bikini...