Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since when does a man deserve your title for just carrying out his duty, which is part of his job? . . . What else is Mr. Dulles' policy but a return to good old Dean Acheson's not very spectacular but realistic "containment policy...
...wanted to give the newly born state of Viet Nam an indispensable complement of money in taxes for its budget . . . Now we conceive the urgent necessity of a complete disinfection of the regime from all defects . . . to defeat Communist propaganda." At week's end, Binh Xuyen's spectacular gambling casino, Le Grand Monde, which in the old days and under earlier management paid the Communists $3,000 a day for protection, closed its doors...
Even the kids on the sandlots remember when baseball was a summer sport. After six months of shagging flies, a ballplayer is entitled to relax. But last fall, when the N.Y. Giants' spectacular center fielder, Willie Mays, asked for permission to play winter ball in Puerto Rico, the Giants readily agreed. If the Most Valuable Player in the National League thought that he needed the practice, why argue? Besides, it was good publicity...
...Spectacular (Sat. 9 p.m., NBC). Naughty Marietta, with Patrice Munsel, Alfred Drake...
Next morning the encouraged bulls went on the rampage. The market went up almost as fast as it had declined, made up 40% of the preceding day's losses. Amid continuing reports of good business, good dividends and good earnings, prices jumped all through the list. The most spectacular gains were made by the railroads, which were cashing in on the business upswing; they had their best day in 21 years. New York Central was up 3⅛ points for the week, to 36⅝; Pennsy was up ¾, to 24½. The Dow-Jones rail average soared...