Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pierre drove his car from the fog-filled village street into the warm, brightly lit caverns under Rosenburg Hill. More than 100 workers were tending the long trays filled with sand and manure in which the mushrooms grow. Extra help had been taken on to meet the rush of holiday orders. A worker complained to Pierre that the gallery walls had been making a cracking sound. Pierre, who knew that the walls had been cracking and creaking for centuries, sent the men to another area...
...radio and TV reports (TIME, Dec. 22, 29), which were often skimpy digests of wire-service stories. The nine papers (daily circ. 5,700,000; 8,100,000 on Sunday) laid off some 15,000 workers, who lost an estimated $4,000,000 in wages. Struck during the Christmas rush, the papers missed some $30 million in advertising. Wrote Publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger of the Times in a whimsical office memo: "Last year I had a stroke. This year I have a strike. Next year I hope I'll have a 'streke' of better luck...
...rush to buy was so great that trading had to be suspended for 1½ hours. When it was resumed, A.T. & T. sold at $225 a share, up $23. Earlier in the year A.T. & T. had another profound effect on the market. In September, it decided to put $260 million of its pension fund into common stocks. It was a signal that to one of the most conservative investors in the nation, stocks were not only respectable but prudent investments...
...Great Shortage. Inevitably, the rush to buy-and the reluctance to sell-created a shortage of stocks in 1958. Though the number of shares on the exchange has increased 400% (to 5 billion) since 1929, the number of long-term investors has probably grown 20 times. The year saw the fourth highest turnover in history; yet turnover as a percentage of shares outstanding was lower than in 49 out of the past 58 years. To make matters tighter, the number of new shares coming on the market had been small. The tax advantages of debt financing are so attractive that...
...varsity hockey team's third period rush fell short last Saturday as a strong St. Lawrence team held on to win, 4 to 3. Down 4-1 with 11 minutes to go in the game, Crimson sophomores Crocker Snow and Bob Anderson each scored once to bring the varsity within striking range...