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Word: spectaculars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Luckily for Emoto's bride and the 25 other passengers and crew of the DC-3, Emoto's departure was not quite as spectacular as he intended. In his canvas bag were found two sticks of dynamite. In the plane's toilet were 25 more sticks, a burned fuse and a percussion cap that had failed to explode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Emoto's Plan | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...most spectacular gain of all was scored by P. Lorillard's Kent, up 138% to 36 billion cigarettes, just behind Winston. In the overall brand standings, Kent vaulted from tenth to fifth, removed Liggett & Myers' lagging non-filtered Chesterfield from the top five for the first time since World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: They Like It | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

...world, with 82 heads of mission-that the White House had to divide its traditional state dinner into two separate functions a night apart; only the hosts and the menu (four wines, sole, turkey, spinach soufflé, strawberry ice cream molds) were identical. Aside from the President's spectacular Atlas announcement on the second night, only one incident ruffled the traditional decorum: Belgium's veteran Ambassador Baron Robert Silvercruys, normally the very picture of diplomatic dignity, provided a giddy moment when he picked up his wife's train and did a few jolly jig steps in time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Party Line | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...near-record years despite recession. Investors reacted by driving P. Lorillard up 175% to 89 at the high; General Foods went from 50¼ to 79½ Federated Department Stores from 30⅛ to 54¾ Pfizer, Merck. Schering, and Carter Products posted 68% to 114% gains. One spectacular performer riding a recession boom: Zenith Radio hit a high of 208½ for a 209% gain since spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Business in 1958 | 12/29/1958 | See Source »

...trained more than 1,000 salesmen to preach investment, ordered booths set up at country fairs and in railroad stations to popularize stocks, insisted that ads and booklets be written by non-Wall Street people to get away from financial jargon. His nose for investment was spectacular: his five sons are millionaires today because of portfolios Magowan set up and managed for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Salesman's Salesman | 12/22/1958 | See Source »

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