Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crowded bazaar, the Mûski. El Khoury silk, marked down from $2.90, turned out to be mostly large, splashy flower designs in reds, greens and blues, and was of Egyptian manufacture. It went fast, for dresses. Gromyko satin, marked down from $2.41, came in solid pastels. Somewhat unfortunately (for political verisimilitude), Gromyko satin had been made in Franco Spain. But it was selling well, too, chiefly for nighties, housecoats, slips and panties...
When the Army discharged him because of his frail stomach, Mel began a well-publicized zoom. After starring in a movie (Good News), he pirouetted right into his own NBC show, Tormé Time (Sat. 5:30 p.m.). Says Mel, somewhat mysteriously: "My face is not prolific. I'm a stylist. . . I've got a distinctive sound." Despite his unprolific face, Tormé will probably make about $250,000 next year...
...write in somewhat belated ire on your article "The Fleet's In" [TIME, July...
...wholesale prices inched up .8% to a new postwar high of 153.5% (of the 1926 average). The Dow-Jones commodity futures index spurted 3.45 points to 152.03, highest since the index was started in 1933. Nothing would pull prices down, said General Electric's President Charles E. Wilson somewhat hopelessly, except "technological advances and more efficient mass production...
Life with Father. The stage hit sumptuously done up into solid, somewhat stoutish Technicolor entertainment with William Powell as Father and Irene Dunne as Mother (TIME...