Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gerard De Sapio, sachem of the Tamawa political club, leader of the First Assembly District South, Boss of Tammany Hall,* National Committeeman, New York Secretary of State, who will control the largest state bloc of delegate votes at next year's national convention, went to bed with a slight fever. Carmine De Sapio* had the summer sniffles...
Personality & Private Life. Despite his decades in the East, Quarles still has a slight Arkansas drawl. Greying, blue-eyed, slight, he never smokes, eats sparsely, almost never drinks. He likes to cook his own morning oatmeal, sometimes drinks plain hot water instead of coffee or tea. In Washington he and his second wife Rosina (his first marriage ended in divorce) live quietly in their own home near Chevy Chase; to avoid the capital rounds, they consulted a protocol expert for advice on invitations they could properly skip. He enjoys dancing, good music, golf and-"through force of habit," he says...
...well the way businessmen ran for cover in 1953 when the Treasury, with its 3 ¼% 30-year bonds, sharply contracted the money supply. For another, the move keeps the FRB squarely on top of the situation, in position either to ride along or give the reins another slight tug whenever needed...
...weighing 50 to 100 Ibs. above most of the atmosphere (about 200 miles up) and set it revolving around the earth at 18,000 m.p.h. Supported by this speed, it will not fall, any more than the moon does. It will circle the earth every 90 minutes, until the slight resistance of the fringe of the atmosphere makes it slow down. Then it will plunge into denser air and turn into incandescent particles...
...profits hit an estimated annual rate of $21.2 billion, or $800 million more than during 1955's first three months. Compared with the second quarter a year ago, the gain was more surprising; profits were up $4.4 billion over the spring of 1954, when business was in a slight slump. If earnings continue at the present annual rate, said CEA, they will be the second biggest on record, topped only by the $22.1 billion made during the 1950 Korean war boom...