Word: soggiest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pile of disparate scenes, instead of an unbroken continuity of swiftly-changing action. Mr. Seltzer's blocking has some odd lapses, and falls apart entirely at the end. These final scenes also expose most pitilessly the limitations of his actors, and the concluding Battle of Shrewsbury is the soggiest and most lacklustre carnage ever to empurple the tented fields of Cambridge. Through it all, however, wanders the stubby, stubborn figure of Mr. Seltzer, imperturbable in his eminent eptitude, compensating for all shortcomings...
...soggiest spots in the New Deal and Fair Deal Administrations was the fiscal area, where both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman were prone to appoint professor-type economic theorists and ward-type politicians. Last week there were clear and specific indications of a solid change in attitude under the new Administration. They came as Dwight Eisenhower's New York headquarters announced the appointment of three men as top assistants to Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey. Flanking the new Secretary, who has demonstrated his own ability in the field of fiscal policy, will be three topflight working economists...
...only 256,793 cars on hand v. 369,101 at this time last year. Demand was so brisk that it was again taking as long as eight weeks to get delivery on a Ford or Chevrolet, and four to six months on a Cadillac. Independents, whose sales had been soggiest, shared in the rise; Hudson's sales were up 40% for April and May, and Kaiser-Frazer's also gained. The buying impetus spilled over into appliances; General Electric reported its May sales of major appliances up 24% above April, while Philco said its refrigerator sales were...