Word: spate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result of the exchange: a spate of publicity for Walter Reuther and his odd theory that U.S. private enterprise should be limited by some kind of labor review and control. As Walter Reuther must have realized all along, neither the proposal nor the discussion made any real contribution to the critical struggle against inflation...
Over a Page One cut of a tweedy, utterly English six-footer named Chris Powell, the headline in London's Daily Sketch trumpeted: WIN THIS MAN! HE'S A WORLD SENSATION! After a four-day buildup and a spate of pictures showing Winnable Powell, with a pipe, a monocle and a succession of simpering show girls, the tabloid Sketch (circ. 1,283,000) finally broke the secret. This "elegant, enterprising, experienced man in a million," said the Sketch, would be rotated-for assignment-among the letter writers who could most convincingly explain what they wanted...
...spate of good earnings reports so far in 1957 has made U.S. businessmen optimistic about the rest of the year. In a survey of 1,432 executives released last week by Dun & Bradstreet, more than 90% foresaw fourth-quarter sales either matching or exceeding last year's, and 89% predicted that net profits in the fourth quarter will also equal or top 1956's last quarter...
...enough thinking." To give U.S. executives a chance to think and talk in a relaxed atmosphere. Container Corp. of America Chairman Walter Paepcke, 61, in 1950 set up the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, a nonprofit foundation that runs living quarters, executive seminars, a new health center, and a spate of lectures, forums and other cultural activities. "The Aspen idea," says Paepcke, "is the cross-fertilization of men's minds...
...leaders in Colombia showed striking courage during the final year of Dictator Rojas Pinilla. Pastoral letters issued by Crisanto Cardinal Luque last year, one of them condemning Rojas' "Third Force'' political movement, were the first serious whacks at the strongman's prestige. During the brief spate of violence the churches sheltered rebels, and when it was all over jubilant monks streamed out making victory signs to the cheering crowds. Luque has since warned the military junta that replaced Rojas that it must turn over power in free elections or lose church support...