Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Some Say . . ." The Sardauna, on becoming Premier in 1954. launched a massive campaign against his region's almost total illiteracy. But he has never been particularly keen on upsetting too many traditions. "Some here say," explains the Sardauna, "that the chiefs must be set aside. But the great majority are not of that school." The Sardauna seems to have no desire to become federal Prime Minister himself, would apparently prefer to become a Sultan like his great-grandfather. He has already haughtily declared that he would leave the less lofty job of Nigeria's Prime Minister...
...professional traders had just about run out of things to say about the market. Wall Street's brokers and analysts have chewed the juice out of all the minor, technical reasons for the continuing rise. Now they are coming to recognize the great, overriding reason: business is fine and getting better. The U.S. is off on a brand new boom...
...contained in the predictions of industry's executives. Ford Vice President Charles R. Beacham predicted that auto sales in 1959 would top 1958 by 40%. U.S. Rubber General Sales Manager Herbert D. Smith predicted record sales of 94.5 million tires this year for the replacement market, to say nothing of the 29 million tires that go on new cars...
...million on contracts to commercial carriers but actually spent only $69 million, 11% of its total budget. Hardest hit by MATS' competitive policy are the small all-cargo airlines, who depend on Government business, are part of the emergency air reserve counted on by the Government for war. Says William Gelfand, contract administrator for the Flying Tiger Line: "We don't say it is MATS' responsibility to keep any of us in business. But if the military is going to compete with the carriers, it must assume responsibility for the business the carriers are thus deprived...
...poem about the gulf between the sexes. Author Janeway's novel deals with the same subject, but unfortunately it consists of speech after long speech. Most of the talk is mournful, and most of it is carried on by women. There are men in the novel, who say "what the hell" quite often, but they are neither very important nor very real. They are the book's furniture, and when one of them stabs himself, the reader is merely baffled, as if a sofa had suddenly stood on end during a tea party and spilled its stuffing...