Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reasons for buying were not always dictated by potential profits. "I went on a house-buying spree one day, bought about eight houses in one day. I don't know why I did it; I didn't like most of them." But she liked the comparatively small, 27-room house in Beverly Hills that she now lives in. Says she: "It's quiet and cool, and 'W.R.' liked this house. It reminded him in a small way of San Simeon...
...education) for twenty-five years has, perhaps, dulled the sense of merriment that allows one to seek out his own amusement. Our elders must be led in pleasure as they lead others in business. So much for the objection to the organizational aspects of the five-day regimented spree...
Housemaid's Spree. In Paterson, N.J., found lying in her bedroom closet after four days' search, Housemaid Dorothy Cureton, 27, explained to her startled employers that she was merely recovering from the effects of drinking a fifth and several pints of whisky plus two pints of rubbing alcohol, one pint of witch hazel...
...British people, meanwhile, were celebrating their deliverance from austerity by indulging in a spending spree that resulted in manufacturers selling goods at home that could have been sold abroad. At the same time, the Tory government added to domestic demand by announcing a whole series of long-term development projects: hundreds of millions of dollars for the coal mines, $3.4 billion for the railroads, $420 million for highways, $840 million for nuclear power stations-in addition to Britain's rearmament program of $4.3 billion a year. Eventually, the Tory projects will pay off in increased productivity. But coming...
...Yardling hockey team engaged in another scoring spree at the Watson rink last night. Although trailing, 2 to 1, at the end of the first period, the Crimson scored nine goals in the second to beat Northeastern...