Word: slow
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Denying the dismissal request, Judge Varol announced that the next session of the slow-motion trial would be Sept. 12, then slapped a ban on further reporting of the proceedings in the Turkish press. Meanwhile, all signs were that, whatever the status-of-forces agreement might say, U.S. consular officials had shown little interest in getting in touch with the four sergeants. During the testimony, Sergeant Dale McCuistion, the chief defendant, angrily blurted that a fellow serviceman's Turkish wife, who had been with McCuistion at the time of his arrest, had not appeared in court because "the American...
Quarters for Corn. Few girls get a break from the jukebox trade these days; the quarters clink in the slot for the grinding corn of Fabian or Frankie Avalon. or the molasses-slow maundering of Johnny Mathis. Lola, who must settle for less, deserves more. She has been learning her trade, scrabbling at the edges of show business, ever since she sang Listen to the Mocking Bird at her home-town Y.W.C.A. in Akron 25 years ago. She was a gawky ten-year-old then, defiant of her parents' dislike of anything that smacked of entertainment. Today...
...farsighted at the age of six, are handicapped in reading until about six months later. But these arguments do not carry far with an irate parent, who is apt to feel, as his strapping son of almost seven stumbles into a first-grade class, that he has fathered a "slow child...
...burst in spending for heavy construction. The F. W. Dodge Corp. reported that construction-contract awards in 1959's first seven months jumped 11% to $22.5 billion. The new lift in heavy construction comes at an opportune time, just as builders are warning that tighter mortgage money may slow the pace of home starts, now a near record 1.300,000 a year. Overall construction is moving 12% ahead of last year, at an annual rate of $55 billion; builders expect it to rise to at least $57 billion in 1960. Says Chairman Melvin H. Baker of Buffalo...
...buyers are also borrowing heavily to get the goods they need, boosted consumer credit by $2 billion in this year's first half to $46.7 billion. Much of it is financing new cars. August car sales, which usually slow down in anticipation of new models, ran faster than July's, probably topped 500,000. For the fourth quarter, automakers are scheduling production of 1,900,000 new cars, up 41% from last year. By next spring, they expect to be selling at an annual rate of 7,200,000, within a bumper's reach...