Word: soft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gradually, under Rosemarie's motherly care, Knorke regained his strength. She fed him on human baby food, soft-boiled eggs and fruit, and she spanked him when he was naughty. He would look at her reproachfully after a spanking, but he generally behaved for a while, at least. He would pick up a rag or a paper towel and try to help Rosemarie when she was cleaning the room. His toilet manners became very good; he always went to the proper corner of the room. He did not try to talk in the human sense, but Rosemarie learned...
...those businessmen concerned about the U.S. economic mood midway in 1957, a prime indication of the nation's confidence came last week from Wall Street. After floundering aimlessly over the last fortnight, the stock market surged forward, shrugging off all reports of soft spots and vacation shutdowns, the long holiday weekend and other normally depressing factors. In the kind of selective trading that has become the trademark of 1957's bull market, investors sent International Business Machines up 21 points in two days to a new high of 358; Alcoa went to 101 for a 21% gain over...
...many economists, alarm over automatic wage increases and administered prices and the cost-push inflation they cause seems exaggerated. They point to the absence of factors that produce a runaway inflation, notably a shortage of goods and an excess of money. The soft spots in the economy are expected to prevent major wage increases from spreading through the entire economy, as in the past, just as the ample supply of goods is expected to check overall price boosts. Last week outgoing Treasury Secretary George Humphrey told the Byrd committee probing Administration fiscal policies that the Administration's tight-money...
...last year he set a record by having three of his books on the bestseller lists at the same time. Since January 1955 the wackiest aunt since Charley's has been Tanner's fairy godmother. With sales of more than 1,000,000 copies in hard and soft covers, Auntie Mame's book, play and screen loot has grossed 36-year-old Tanner most of his first half-million ("After taxes, I have an incrumb of 15? on the dollar...
Inauspicious Circumstances. Though U.S. Steel may have trimmed its boost somewhat in anticipation of unfavorable public reaction, other restraining influences served to keep the hike below last year's. Last week the industry was operating at 86% of capacity, and demand for steel was fairly soft and competition strong. Consumer resistance has been heightened since last August's rise by periodic boosts in extra charges for special processing or handling required by many customers. Surprisingly little anticipatory buying in steel took place before last week's price hike...