Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Barnstorming through Illinois last week, opening his campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate, Democrat Paul Douglas was raising his voice in chorus with Reuther and Beck. Said he: "The Republicans call it a 'rolling readjustment,' a 'slight contraction.' I don't know who they think they're fooling . . . How well
...best race of the day looks like the 600 yard run. Ross Price of Yale, Dave Alpers of the varsity, and Joe Meyers of Princeton should be inches apart at the finish. Price, with the Yale record of 1:11.8, is a slight favorite...
...began with what the Vatican paper, L'Osservatore Romano, called "a slight indisposition." Pius XII, close to his 78th birthday (March 2), had been afflicted with an attack of hiccups, at first sporadic, then almost incessant and accompanied by a slight fever. But he carried on through his normal day: rising at about 6, saying Mass, and working until near 2 in the morning...
Overall, the Federal Reserve Board announced that industrial production had a "slight further decline" in January, after dipping in December to a level about 7% under last summer's record peak. Truckmakers were scheduling a cut of 10% to 15% in first-quarter production, and Chevrolet was trimming back its output slightly. Nash announced price cuts in its cars ranging from $20 to $210, the larger cuts resulting mostly from eliminating radios, heaters, etc. But in Atlanta, where 750 of the 1,370 employees at a Chevrolet plant were put on a four-day week, Cadillac buyers were told...
AUTOMAKERS decided that their 1,700,000-car goal for 1954's first quarter was too optimistic, will probably miss it by at least 12%. Both Ford and Chevrolet have announced "slight" production cuts; Plymouth, already cut back 20%, will drop another 10% and lay off 8,650 more workers. Biggest reason: high dealer stocks of unsold 1953 models...