Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...give the nation the tools of war, had a more cheerful picture to paint. At first glance, it seemed to run counter to Marshall's pessimism, but in reality Wilson was picturing a different section of the U.S. landscape-the humming, hustling American factories in spectacular production. Defense Mobilizer Wilson ebulliently reported: the U.S. is rapidly reaching a point where no nation will dare attack...
Another Red success, as spectacular as Benito Mussolini's in the '20s, was to make China's trains run on time. Travelers on the Shanghai-Canton and Hankow-Canton runs also speak of clean sleeping berths, cheap, well-cooked meals, diners decorated with portraits of Stalin. The Communists have rebuilt the main lines destroyed between 1946 and 1949, are completing such new links as the long-planned railway from Chungking to Chengtu...
...actual book value of these stocks means little. From 1942 to 1948, Selected common enjoyed a 1,800% rise, from 25? to $4.75-though not until this year have any earnings been passed on to the common stockholders. Tri-Continental common's rise has been almost as spectacular: $5,000 invested in 1942 would be worth nearly $75,000 today. But the most fantastic speculation of all is Tri-Continental warrants, which merely entitle their holders to buy 1.27 shares of Tri-Continental common at $17.76. Tri-Continental common has not sold at such a price in 20 years...
...this respect Hein Heckroth, the designer, is the most outstanding contributor to the production. His settings and costumes are highly spectacular and yet are generally in perfect sympathy with the meanings of the film. At times Heckroth's display becomes a bit overwhelming, and his taste a little maudlin. Such is the case in the third act, which in other respects is also the poorest sequence. But as a contrast, the second act is a superb blending of decor, music, and dance...
...four members of Harvard's own Hall of Fame were pitchers, who, like Godin, had turned in spectacular performances on the local diamond. The first, Walt Clarkson, pitched and won five Yale games for the varsity and had a Harvard-Yale carned-run average...