Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Secretary Humphrey has failed to make much headway toward one of his primary goals in 1953; this was to stretch out and stabilize the debt by transferring much of it from short-term into long-term securities. Not only would such a transfer help combat inflation by sopping up credit, it would also make the Treasury's debt management job much simpler by cutting down on refinancing operations...
...times Service was cleared. Then in December 1951 the Civil Service Commission Loyalty Review Board recommended that Service should be fired. "To say that his course of conduct does not raise a reasonable doubt as to Service's own loyalty would, we are forced to think, stretch the mantle of charity much too far." Acheson sacked Service, whereupon Service appealed all the way to the Supreme Court...
...fair in Bogota, Colombia, the U.S. spent less than $500,000 (v. $1,500,000 for the joint Czech-East German pavilion), had to resort to an unimpressive display of photographs to picture the abundant U.S. in action. But fair planners in the Department of Commerce have learned to stretch their dollars by leaning heavily on private business to contribute products, exhibits and top executives to the trade missions at the fairs. They have also learned that commonplace U.S. gadgets are often the most effective crowd pleasers. At Zagreb, Yugoslav children were entranced by a machine that transformed powdered milk...
...earthmovers-and the men who make and operate them -the federal program will be only the first giant step in meeting the long-range needs of the nation. By the time the federal program is finished in 1972 (or a few years later, should Congress decide to stretch it out), most of the U.S. roads now in use will be obsolete and in need of rebuilding. Last year 80,000 miles of federal highways alone became obsolete, and thousands of miles of asphalt road built in the '20s are due to outlive their usefulness in the late...
Since the Air Force has been ordered to trim its expenditures without reducing its force levels, it looks as if the Air Force will have to stretch out its programs even though it contends this will cost more in the long...