Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chalk players figured, only bad luck could beat Sir Victor Sassoon's swift colt Crepello in the 178th running of Britain's Derby Stakes at Epsom Downs. And for a change, a short-priced (6 to 4) Derby favorite got the breaks. After loafing along in the pack, Crepello found the right opening in the last quarter-mile, moved up with ease and won by a widening length and a half from Ballymoss...
...walks to his office from his Sutton Place apartment, usually carries a bulging briefcase full of last night's homework. He rarely goes out at night, seldom entertains, indulges in no hobbies, has never been known to take a real vacation. His desk is clean, his decisions swift, his temper always even...
Mounting Distrust. The break has been swift and thorough. Only a year ago last January the Knight papers ran a glowing verdict by Jack Knight himself on Ike's first term. Wrote he: "The political phenomenon of our times is the almost childlike faith of the people in Eisenhower. One seldom hears a businessman teeing off on Ike for doing the very things that caused him to cuss out Roosevelt and Truman as 'Socialists.' The answer must be that our businessmen have changed with the times in terms of social attitudes and are glad the program...
...last exits of Cohan's vaudeville teammates-his mother, father and sister. As the other three of the Four Cohans, Roberta Sherwood, James Dunn and Gloria De Haven seemed just right, and Singer-Dancer June Havoc also shone in a production well cast right down to the sponsor-Swift...
...situation will grow even worse in 1958 and 1959. Every major carrier has placed orders for swift new jet transports whose initial cost is three times more than current piston-engine planes. Estimates are that over the long run the planes will be able to earn twice as much money as their older counterparts. Yet rising costs are eating away the profits the lines had hoped to set aside to buy them. American Airlines, for example, has $250 million worth of new jets and turboprops on order. It has a $135 million loan to pay for part of the cost...