Word: risings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...freedom's banner rise on high...
...project at Princeton University to develop thermonuclear power. But his Iowa graduate students carried on the Rockoon firings off the coast of Newfoundland. One day the students put in an excited call to Van Allen in Princeton. The cosmic rays near Newfoundland, the students reported, seemed to rise to incredibly high intensity above 30 miles...
...other shareholders, Peter was concerned by the stock's gyrations (TIME, March 30)-selling as high as 77½ in mid-March, down a fortnight later to 45⅛. Nobody had the courage to ask management for an explanation, until Peter spoke up: "Why did General Development stock rise so fast and then drop so fast?" President Frank Mackle pleaded embarrassed ignorance: "Son, I don't know too much about the stock market. It goes up and down. My son asked me the same question, and I couldn't answer...
...rise in imports, while worrisome to some industries, is no threat to most industry (imports are still only 4% of all U.S. manufacturers' sales). But it is a timely warning of the far greater challenge that the U.S. faces abroad. In the early postwar years the U.S. dominated world trade by virtue of its new plants and techniques, and lack of competition. But no longer. Now, thanks to the Marshall Plan and other U.S. aid programs, plus the spending of private business, plants just as efficient as those in the U.S. are turning out goods around the world. Britain...
...year ago, when American Motors was seesawing between 11 and 14, Tabell noticed what he calls a "strong technical pattern," predicted an "upside potential" of 34 if the stock got above 14. When it did rise, leveling off around 34, Tabell's chart showed a new potential of 44. American Motors sold as high as 43⅜ by January, then slid back to 25½ before climbing back to 38¼ last week. Tabell admits that charts are far from infallible; often two chartists will arrive at opposite conclusions. Therefore, when a stock attracts Tabell's attention...