Word: sheetings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...little clumsy sleight of hand, and started to play the dime museums and carnivals that flourished in the late 19th century. He was a flop, and he had to break out of that situation, too. He concentrated on the art of escape itself. Handcuffs, prison cells, the wet-sheet packs of insane asylums, coffins, giant milk cans bolted shut-he beat them all. Said his mother: "From this you should make a living...
...dropped to 28%, less than at the turn of the century. U.S. exports to Italy fell from $13.5 million to $8.1 million within two years, not because of Italy's steel-production gains but because other nations made better offers. Great Britain bought 450,000 tons of U.S. sheet-steel exports for her auto industry in the mid-19505, but the price she paid caused shudders in the industry; she has now cut her U.S. sheet imports to 100,000 tons. U.S. steel has been virtually cut out of South Africa, is slipping in Argentina, where imports from Japan...
...time did Senator Smith tell me of her intentions, and actually, the "worn tally sheet" shows that only a few hours before the vote, I listed Senator Smith as one of those likely to vote for confirmation...
...Analyzing the vote, restive Pennsylvania Democrat Joe Clark (TIME, July 6) pointed out that a majority of Johnson's Democratic troops were not following him, that he was having his way only through a coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats. Clark then began to circulate a secret tally sheet of seven recent key votes, showing that a heavy majority of Democrats supported liberal amendments, only to see them abandoned or defeated in conference committee by the conservative coalition. There was no immediate challenge to Johnson's leadership, but storm clouds were gathering...
...travesty of Louisiana's mental-health laws, and reinstated himself as Governor in a motel room near the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. Milestones in the hectic trail between the Pine Manor Motel and the Governor's mansion: ¶ With his bony feet sticking out of the sheet that covered his body, Ole Earl held a press conference from his motel bed, told reporters why his frightened wife, Blanche, was seeking a divorce. "Jealousy brought this on,1' he explained. "She wanted to be Governor." But Blanche had no cause for green eyes...