Word: stronger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crooner. In the 35 years since, the crooner has endured through a succession of other musical crazes to become an American institution-if one that almost went under in the first great waves of rock 'n' roll. In the last few years the crooner has come back stronger-and sleeker-than ever...
...easy to get enough from Hanoi. But we have to supply a million people-V.C. political cadres as well as soldiers. We grow our own food. We have ordnance depots in the jungle where we make weapons-crude but serviceable." Besides, as he put it, "we get stronger every time there is a coup in Saigon and more and more military men are put in jail or flee the country...
...institutional impact is destined to become stronger in the market. Mutual-fund assets have grown by an average 14% annually in recent years, and more and more labor settlements call for increased pension benefits. This tide of new money can have a major effect on the market, often helping to stabilize stock prices. Says Robert Driscoll, president of the Manhattan-based Affiliated Fund: "When the market goes up, we sell-and when the market goes down we buy." As the past few weeks have illustrated, the institutions' very size can make them an unsettling force, even when they...
...horse than a cow. The animal the word describes was principally descended from the fiery Arabs imported to the New World by Cortes and his conquistadors, and the rigors of the prairies notably improved the breed. The mustangs of 1850 were short (14-15 hands), hardy and fast: the stronger stallions kept manadas of 20 or 30 mares, and to defend the mares from randy rivals they fought frightful battles to the death...
Ghostly Silence. The television potential, along with the South's sports-minded population, explains why the N.F.L.'s Commissioner Rozelle is so anxious to beat the upstart A.F.L. into Georgia. The stronger N.F.L. has already lined up equally prestigious backers to support a franchise. Among the members of a syndicate dickering for a team: Texas Oilman John Mecom Jr., Indianapolis Speedway Owner Tony Hulman, Coca-Cola Heir Lindsey Hopkins Jr. So far, Atlanta's Stadium Authority has been playing it cozy, says only that no decision on rental rights will be made until July...