Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...least two years Jedlicka had been hearing rumors that some of the city's smaller suburban savings and loan associations were in trouble, but the first hard news came with last April's announcement that tiny Hillside S. & L. (assets: $13.9 million) was being merged with financially stronger Oak Park Federal S. & L. ($147 million). Jedlicka wrote the story as a straight news item; then he began...
...rise is much stronger than the 52-month expansion that came in the midst of the Depression of the 1930s, and is already longer than the 35-month boom of the mid-1950s. Both of those previous expansions ended with sharp drops; but today there is little worry that the U.S. has had it too good for too long and thus may face a jarring business decline...
...budget down under $100 billion." explains Chairman Henry Clay -Alexander of Morgan Guaranty Trust. "Getting the tax bill passed created a favorable impression." The whole mood of business has bettered considerably since January. "Confidence in the business outlook is stronger than at any time in the past four years," said the Morgan Guaranty's monthly letter...
...Shlink realizes the extent of his solitude: "Man's infinite isolation makes even enmity an unattainable goal." He finds human existence too insular to allow even the satisfaction of hostility toward another person. As Garga tells Shlink when he quits their duel, "It's not important to be the stronger, but only the living...
...good reason why the spring trackmen should be even stronger than their winter counterparts is John Bakkensen. Bakkensen has consistently hurled the discus near the 170-foot mark, and copped the Heps title last year with a mere 158 ft., 1 1/2 in. toss. He could score a first place in every meet this season, with teammates Bill Pfeiffer and Tom Dillon battling the opposition for the lower positions...