Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...release ten days later. But when the Air Force men's reports were in, the State Department fired off a protest against 1) the MIG attack upon an unarmed U.S. transport, 2) the brutal mistreatment of the airmen by the Armenian peasants. Said State: "To suggest that a slow, four-engine propeller-type unarmed aircraft would attempt to violate a heavily defended foreign area is preposterous...
...sixth-largest oil producer, it has allotted 70% of its revenues in a far-sighted Development Board program to double the country's standard of living in ten years. In seven years, Iraq's per-capita income has advanced from $84 to $140. But this slow progress against immense poverty, illness and illiteracy had to contend constantly with the cries of Arab nationalism, the eroding torrent of abuse and incitement to revolt that poured from Cairo Radio, and the intrigues of Nasser-minded army officers...
STUDEBAKER-PACKARD reportedly will drop Packard from production because slow sales held output in past six months to mere 1,546 cars. It is expected to concentrate on small cars that will be low-powered (starting at 92 h.p.) and 3 ft. shorter than Ford, Chevy or Plymouth...
Gold stocks, which have shown recent strength on news that the government proposes to increase subsidies to high-cost producers by 25%, were left behind in the speculative rush, closed the week off slightly; Western oils and base metals shared the same fate. But industrials continued a slow climb on good business news from Canadian industry, rose 1½ points for the week...
...Goddess. Playwright Paddy Chayefsky and Actress Kim Stanley delivering a roaring diatribe against the Bitch Goddess, Success, at a pace that is sometimes slow but in a tone that is marvelously Swift (TIME, July...