Word: slash
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...comes from the bureaucratic phrase Reduction In Force, the new Dulles-Stassen program to cut down expenses in the agencies that hand out U.S. aid overseas. Last June Congress directed Foreign Operations Director Harold Stassen to 1) fire 10% of the old Mutual Security Agency staff; 2) slash by a third the number of jobholders getting $12,000 a year or more...
...cars lead all other imported makes in dollar sales in the U.S., hopes to get more of the American market by cutting prices. Reductions range from $190 up to $889 (e.g., from $4,039 to $3,345 for its open two-seater sport), Jaguar's first big price slash in the U.S. auto market since World...
...armed force or ultimatum. Even if the Navarre Plan goes ahead on oiled bearings, the Viet Minh probably can never be wiped out to the last unit. But with an aggressive plan aggressively carried out, the defenders can hope to show the Communists they cannot win, to pound and slash them until they finally will simply stop fighting-as the Greek Communist guerrillas did in the Greek civil...
...Assistant Air Force Secretary Roger Lewis, top U.S. aircraft manufacturers last week heard some news that hit them where it hurt. The Air Force, having cut pilot training and manpower, and abandoned air bases to keep inside its reduced budget (TIME, Sept. 7), had also been forced to slash its plane-buying program. Canceled were orders for 965 planes, including 169 6-47 jet bombers and 579 jet fighters. Of the $1 billion thus saved, about $250 million will go into orders for the U.S.A.F.'s new supersonic fighter, the F-100. The remaining $750 million will be held...
Wearing a slash of scarlet lipstick and dashes of mascara across her scanty eyelashes, Miss Ruth explained something of how she does it: "I've been flirting with Gayelord Hauser, eating yoghurt and all those things. At the merry age of 73, one has to watch for a gathering around the hips. I never drink or smoke." She also practices yoga every morning...