Word: slights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are two reasons for this. Manning, at 43 the nation's youngest Premier, enjoys an unrivaled personal popularity, while his province is enjoying an unprecedented boom. A slight (135 lbs.), teetotaling Baptist, Manning has won a wide following with his special blend of evangelism and politics. Said Edmonton Voter Jim Mclvor: "I'm no church man like the Premier, with his preaching and his radio church hour, but I've got faith in Manning." So, too, have the big oil producers, who approve of Manning's handling of Alberta's rich...
...home in Formosa to Honolulu for treatment of neurodermatitis, a nervous condition which causes severe itching. "Very tired and weak," she retired to the home of her sister Mme. H. H. Kung until hospital accommodations could be arranged. The Duke of Windsor was recovering in Montecatini, Italy, from a "slight attack of indigestion" diagnosed by his doctor as the result of "too many invitations in this heat." He was ordered to limit his drinking to milk (with occasional mineral-water chasers) and his eating to meats and vegetables (thoroughly boiled) and stewed fruit. Writer Betty (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn...
...radical" proposals that would haul Britain from the quicksands of near-bankruptcy. But they heard none. Instead, Butler dryly recited the twice-told tale of how the Tories have somewhat staunched the drain on gold and dollar reserves-a story of more austerity and cuts in imports, a slight boost in coal production, and an end to cheap credit. Now, continued Butler, Britain's $13 billion rearmament program, begun so bravely in early 1951 by the Socialists (with full Tory support), will assume under the Tories "a new pattern." Defense production would be cut somewhat to allow more manufacture...
...Babble. All the ladies were forced to talk into a dismaying babble from the delegates. Minnesota's handsome, fair Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, did achieve one moment of triumph. During a slight lull she cried that the Democrats had to go on demonstrating that basic policies were "made by our civilians . . . and . . . not ... by generals -in or out of uniform!" The crowd gave her a rousing hand...
...Bite. In the electrical industry, for example, Westinghouse reported a 19% rise in gross (to $357 million) and a slight gain in net (to $16 million). Giant General Electric, on the other hand, had a slight decline in sales and a 20% drop in profits to $28 million. The profit drop, said President Ralph Cordiner, resulted from G.E.'s high proportion of defense orders, on which profit margins are small. In all cases, the impact of taxes was enormous. Radio Corporation of America managed to boost sales 22% to a record $142 million, but was able to hike...