Word: shaded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Worriedly, Indians began asking themselves: After Nehru, who? It was and is the favorite New Delhi dinner topic. Food Minister S. K. Patil put the matter bluntly: "Nehru is the greatest asset we have because he is just like a banyan tree under whose shade millions take shelter." He added that Nehru is also a liability, "because in the shade of that banyan tree, biologically, nothing grows...
High-Flown Speeches. Everywhere Rocky went, the shade of Nixon was there to haunt him. So many Nixon supporters turned out for a big dinner at the Hollywood Biltmore that some of Rockefeller's own fans had trouble getting tickets. "Nixon Now" banners and badges bloomed everywhere, and the mere mention of the Vice President's name drew storms of applause. A huge photomural of Dick Nixon's face (flanked by the images of Dwight Eisenhower and Abraham Lincoln) stared fixedly down at the challenger. Rockefeller's speeches drew respectful attention, but they were not much...
FORD-CHEVY RACE will be won by Ford in calendar 1959. Chevy is now shade ahead, but Ford will outsell its traditional rival because of steel strike. Since Ford makes 40% to 50% of its own steel, company can produce 20,000 cars a week until end of the year, well above Chevy output...
...perfectionist," says a former employee. "He applies this rule to people as well as products and advertising." Revson pays attention to the smallest details, often spends weeks working out the right name or the exact shade for a new lipstick or nail enamel, personally selects models and approves their clothing. He even had his employees' telephones tapped to make sure they were doing their jobs right...
...million on research, more than any other cosmetics firm. His eye is so sharp that he can pick out the one imperfect lipstick on an assembly line of hundreds, his standards so high that he has been known to throw away $1,000,000 worth of lipstick because its shade was just a little...