Word: standardized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only complaint is that such an experienced group with a traditionally high standard ought not to attempt such a large work on the side, so to speak, while it was preparing for the Boulanger concert. The Brahms Requiem deserves the full attention of any chorus. It also deserves an orchestra...
...Voice code for the standard telegraphic SOS, "Mayday" (from the French m'aidez -help me) was first approved for international use in radiotelephony at the International Radiotelegraphic Convention in Washington...
...Brazil's big Real-Aerovias charges only $432 for the round-trip excursion flight between Miami and Buenos Aires, as compared with the $779 asked by International Air Transport Association members such as Pan American. Panama's Aerovias flies from Panama to Miami for $55, v. the standard $94-and serves Scotch highballs on the house. Last week, grimly preparing to meet the competition, Panagra got set to introduce an excursion fare of its own that will undercut I.A.T.A. rates by 30%.* On the Cheap. Latin American airlines make rate-cutting work by an assortment of economies. Many...
That molish little man who had previously peered out from a scotch-bottle and tortoise shell opaque to murmur, "Bacchanal, simply bacchanal," was asleep in a lump on the floor, draped in the silk standard of the Dominican Republic...
Smith: I was coming to that. Point is, the American people have been buying a huge volume of goods, and they're pleased with their high standard of living. But just as services-TV repairing, dry cleaning, and such-have got more expensive, a lot of them got steadily worse. Goods, too, have declined in quality. Even such a basic item as the modern house is not what it should be; it's often thrown together like a woodshed...