Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Spree & the Promise. The reform had been anticipated. Two weeks earlier the U.S. State Department's Voice of America had reported a buying spree in Moscow, started by a rumor of new money. Thousands of Russians frantically tried to convert their money into more durable things-silk lampshades and fur coats-and stores closed on empty shelves behind signs which read: "Closed for repairs." Even when people had new money the shelves might stay empty...
...this did not mean that the great U.S. buying boom had collapsed or even slackened. Actually, the nation was in the throes of the greatest dollar-volume buying spree in history. In Manhattan one day last week, Macy's sold $1,400,000 worth of merchandise-an alltime record- and smugly decided to quit publicizing million-dollar days. Department stores in almost every other big city in the nation had record sales days...
...forward George Goodreault and center George Winkler, B.U. has two scoring aces ready and willing to pit their point registering prowess against that of Captain George Hauptfuhrer and forward-center John Rockwell. Winkler, in fact, bested Hauptfuhrer's spree against M.I.T., 19 to 18 points...
...Varsity played heads-up ball, retiring at the half on top of a 29 to 13 count. With Bruin forwards Jim Cooney and George Tyrrell catching fire and scoring nine points apiece after intermission, the visitors seemed sure of narrowing the margin until Crimson captain George Hauptfuhrer found the spree contagious and himself poured 14 points through the hoop before the finish...
...stop the buying spree which has been eating up the Dominion's reserves of U.S. dollars, the import of hundreds of items was abruptly cut off. Outstanding examples: radios, refrigerators, typewriters, washing machines, furniture, automobiles. (In the case of autos, the ban is temporary.) For countless other items, import quotas are established. Among them: textiles (cut to one-third of the last twelve months' imports), oranges, lemons, grapefruit, clocks, watches, toys, sporting goods...