Word: soaring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dramatic Soprano Anita Cerquetti, 26, has one of the most sumptuous voices to soar out of Italy since Tebaldi. Large-volumed and agile of voice, she scored her first major success in Bellini's Norma at Verona four years ago, has since become a widely acclaimed guest singer of the standard Verdian repertory. Her voice has appealed to most critics as a cross between Tebaldi's "silky elasticity" and Callas' bite and thrust. Big-boned and fleshy-faced, she has been most often criticized for carrying too much weight to put across the dramatic illusion her roles...
...Chase Manhattan Bank boosted loans nearly 9% to $3.8 billion, and saw net earnings soar 17% to $26.7 million...
RECORD CORN SURPLUS will bulge Government granaries this fall, prove Agriculture Secretary Benson's contention that present high-fixed supports, instead of lower levels he wants, have not trimmed surplus and never will. Stockpile will soar from previous high of 992 million bu. last January to 1.3 billion bu., including 480 million bu. of new crop, 825 million of carryover...
Liquid v. Solid. Watching the figures soar, dozens of big companies are hurrying into the field to share the bonanza. General Electric, after a start in small rockets, is now producing the big (100,000-lb. thrust) first-stage rocket for the Vanguard earth satellite. Curtiss-Wright is producing small antitank rockets for the Army, is working on a throttle-equipped" rocket engine for planes and missiles. Bell Aircraft, Hercules Powder, Phillips Petroleum, General Motors and many others are developing new engines and materials to fuel them...
...idea for magnetic nickel-iron amplifiers to take over some vacuum-tube functions. The first year Black had seven customers, sales of $15,000. This year, with more than 800 customers clamoring for "magamps" for radar, sonar and computer systems, Magnetics Inc. employs 320 people, will see its sales soar to $5,000,000. Says Black: "It never crossed my mind that we'd fail, but I never expected this...