Word: soared
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Only a handful of insiders know precisely what happens between the first wisp of dawn, when 500 to 600 lorries loaded with farm produce roll into the Rome market, and the morning hours when the loads are distributed among the city's retailers. But the prices soar sometimes to triple those paid the wholesaler, thanks to the manipulations of the few insiders. They are the "captains" and the "queens" of the market, middlemen who tightly control prices but seldom keep the food in their own possession for more than half an hour. A wholesaler or retailer who dares...
...lead. In the party that thrives on its never-say-die struggles for power, Estes Kefauver withdrew in the name of "unity." While they approve of moderation, most good Democrats hunger for that old spirit-for the man who, in the convention's last moments, can soar through and above the electronic gadgets, the political gimmicks and the leaden harmony. They need a man who can revive the party's fighting spirit and send the delegates away from the convention believing that their party will win against all of Dr. Gallup's odds.* They have picked Harry...
...seemed remnants of an earlier era-a time when flying was still for the birds or for men who wished to emulate them. No stub-winged jets waited to scream aloft, riding the thrust of a man-made thunderclap. These were sleek sailplanes, slim-winged, frail, and built to soar on the least suspicion of a breeze. Their pilots had come from 25 countries for the fifth postwar international gliding championships...
...Atomic Energy Commission to use almost pure zirconium as a construction material for nuclear reactors. To three companies-National Research, Carborundum Co. and National Distillers Corp. -AEC handed out contracts to buy $70 million of the metal over the next five years. From a trickle, zirconium production will soar to 2,200,000 Ibs. annually. Price: around $6.50 a lb., less than half previous costs...
...building costs-and home prices -soar higher, prospective buyers are also taking a hard look at the equipment built into new houses. In Texas builders of $100.000 houses can still pile on the gadgets by the carload: two dishwashers, built-in music systems, even air-conditioned doghouses. But in the lower price brackets, more and more families would rather pay for space, buy the gadgets later. Built-in TV is no longer in such great demand; neither are built-in dishwashers, waste disposals or other extras...