Word: suits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Knowing that many cases of apparent blindness are relieved by a shock, Griffin explained: "There was no bump, no jar. Nothing had happened. Suddenly everything looked like red sand in front of my eyes." By the time a doctor arrived, Griffin could make out the color of his blue suit and read a prescription blank. Near shock from the experience, Griffin was put on heavy doses of sedatives, given "cylinder glasses" to help pull his eye muscles back to useful strength. His vision. Griffin estimated, was about...
MIDEAST OIL expansion plans are being delayed by Western companies, worried that continued unrest will hurt their investments. Arabian American Oil Co. is cutting $10 million from its projected $80 million fund for construction and expansion this year, and other firms may follow suit. Because of Suez Canal closure and Saudi Arabian ban on exports to Britain and France, Aramco's daily flow is down to less than 700,000 bbls. v. more than 1,000,000 bbls. one year...
Jordan brought from Amherst a style of play not unlike that of his predecessor--the single-wing formation, with an unbalanced line to the right. He also brought with him the reputation of being capable of altering his style of play to suit his material...
Vague as it was, Soekarno's proposal sounded suspiciously like something he might have picked up during his recent visits to Russia and China, where he was bothered by the lack of freedom but impressed by the way that vast work projects were organized. Such notions did not suit Soekarno's old friend and Indonesia's longtime Vice President Mohammed Hatta, whose remedy is to replace Indonesia's multiparty parliamentary government with something more like the U.S. system. Four weeks ago, fed up with Soekarno's refusal to listen to his ideas, respected Mohammed Hatta...
...Government lawyers, the mushrooming growth of bigness in 1956 raised a prime question: How big is too big? Trying to solve the riddle, the Justice Department's Antitrust Division filed suit against 54 mergers, more than in any year since 1949. The problem was how to let big business expand to meet the needs of the growing economy without destroying the climate for new and small businesses on which the future health of the nation depends. Though new business starts were 14% higher than 1955, business failures increased even more-to 17%. At year's end a major...