Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...insider odds are that Kearns will make little headway. Dillon carries a lot more prestige than Kearns, both within the Administration and on Capitol Hill. During last spring's hearings on the Administration's reciprocal trade bill, Kearns's rough-edged stubbornness so annoyed Ways & Means committeemen that there was talk of formally expelling him from the hearing room. When Dillon replaced Kearns as the Administration spokesman, the stalled bill glided through the committee with ease. But Kearns has an influential friend on Ways & Means: Louisiana's Hale Boggs, chairman of the foreign-trade subcommittee...
...postwar ship from the Ansaldo yards, the Cristoforo Colombo, the Leonardo upholds the Italian reputation for style and tourist catching comfort, from her rakishly angled superstructure to her 536 cabins equipped with individually controlled air conditioning and infra-red heat, and her retractable stabilizer fins for smoother steaming in rough weather. Planned for 1,300 passengers, compared to the Doria's 1,290, the Leonardo at 32,000 tons and 760 ft. is 10% heavier and longer. The extra weight is accounted for by safety precautions, including additional compartmenting of the hull. The Doria sank when three...
...West German Foreign Office said the new rough talk from the Kremlin was an attempt to sow fear and divide the allies ahead of the NATO conference in Paris next week...
Army will be the varsity's next opponent, and the Cadets are capable of giving the Crimson a rough time, manager Bob Buellner commented. Army plays a fast, alert game, hitting every shot hard and moving rapidly around the court...
Steelie. A permanent steel sander was put on sale by the Buckbee Mears Co., St. Paul, as an improvement over sandpaper. Named Steelie, the new sander uses etched and hardened carbon-steel sheets in rough and smooth finishes for the abrasive. Since the sanding surface is an integral part of the steel, it wears longer than sandpaper or other sanders with affixed abrasives, can be cleaned with a stiff brush or solvent. Price...