Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years, divorce in Britain was considered not only in poor taste but political suicide. Adultery was the only legal ground, and novelists made almost a standard episode out of the husband's shamefaced trip to the seaside resort of Brighton accompanied by a hired "corespondent." There was the train trip down trailed by two hired detectives who carefully avoided speaking to him; the registration in the cold hotel as "Mr. and Mrs."; the embarrassed moments in the double bed beside the girl in a nightgown, he reading a newspaper, she munching sweets as they waited for the housemaid...
Insidious Influence. Lord Beaverbrook was not silenced. His Evening Standard retorted: "A lame reply to those who criticize Channel 9's American accent. The influence is most insidious and gives serious cause for complaint . . . The U.S. puts its views in a famous program: the Voice of America. There is no need for Sir Robert to double this role...
...pronounsed identikally. Not only would this klarify the konfusion in the minds of spellers, but typewriters and linotypes kould all be built with one less letter and all the manpower and materials previously devoted to making the 'C's' kould be used to raise the national standard of living...
Reflecting the oil-industry bonanza caused by the Suez Canal's closing, Gulf Oil Corp. reported profits up from $2.43 to $3.20 a share, Texas Co. up from $1.27 to $1.57, Shell Co. up from $1.16 to $1.37, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) up from $1.04 to $1.20. And in the steel industry, where there have been some production cuts, several big companies came in with substantial profit gains. Republic Steel Corp. had the highest first-quarter sales and earnings ($1.81 a share v. 1956's $1.62) in its history. Profits were also up for Bethlehem Steel Corp...
...that even some in the Iranian government suspected ENI's motive was publicity, to make Italy seem generous in demanding only a 60-40 split for concessions in her country. For some time Italy and Iran both have been trying to boost the 50-50 split that is standard in the Middle East...