Word: slash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amendments to see how much he could cut from the bill-first $2 billion, then $1.5 billion, then $1 billion, then $500 million. Each in turn was voted down until the Senate finally accepted a $200-million cut. Last year, when Long's move for a $500-million slash was defeated, he gave up, until last week, when he argued for several hours on the Senate floor in favor of paring down the Administration request in fiscal 1955. Among Long's points...
...Wesley Chapel School, perched on a hill overlooking miles of slash pine east of Atlanta. Teacher Corinne Clark called the 47 moppets in second grade to order one morning last week. The stack of impressive-looking envelopes at her side, she explained, had been "sent out by the doctors to try to prevent you from having polio." She wanted the children to take the envelopes home to their parents and get their permission to be vaccinated. The youngsters took it all in quietly, asked not a single question...
...power and its history. Started in 1947 as a program for ground specialists, the A.F.R.O.T.C. was built up by 1951 to turn out 27,000 officers a year for a 143-wing Air Force. With authorized strength down to 120 wings by last summer, the Air Force had to slash its program, abruptly announced that commissions henceforth would go to 1) engineering students, 2) those cadets qualified and willing to undergo flight training and three years' active duty. (Many cadets were reluctant to fly.) Result: nearly 5,000 of this year's 13,000 graduates will...
Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 (R-Mass.) announced yesterday that he will support a move to restore a $6' million appropriations slash--made by the House--to the international student exchange program...
...that once were considered worthless. Around Jacksonville, two companies are mining ilmenite and rutile, from which the wonder metal titanium is produced. To the south, near Fort Myers, an oilfield is producing commercially. Oil was also found last month in a new area not far away. To the north, slash pine is feeding the paper and chemical industries. In the Everglades, Newport Industries and other companies are turning out tough ramie fiber, a promising substitute for Indian jute...