Word: tapered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...petroleum industry showed signs of overproduction; Sin clair Refining Co. and Phillips Petroleum Co. cut their crude-oil refinery runs 3 to 5% for September. Auto production fell moderately during August as auto makers began to feel the Hydra-Matic transmission pinch and output of 1953 models started to taper off in preparation for retooling for 1954. There was softness in some apparel lines and in some home appliances, and defense cutbacks have had a mild effect on aircraft-supplier plants...
...borrowing, the FRB sought to tighten the money supply, thereby help prevent any further inflation. Bankers were surprised not at the boost but at its timing. Most expected an increase last fall, when borrowing began to pick up, instead of last week, when it was just beginning to taper off seasonally...
...your colors, mix your attractions with bloused backs and dipping backs but everything in its right place. High necks taper gracefully to the first contrast of shoulder covers, ornamented on the fringe. Be woolly but be wise. Only one general assembly to an evening...
Home Haircut. The International Latex Corp. (Playtex girdles) put on the market the "greatest invention since the safety razor," the Playtex Hair Cutter. The instrument can be used to cut, trim and taper hair at home. Price...
...measured. Two of these have better than "normal" visual acuity-i.e., they can read letters at 20 feet, where normal calls for 16 feet. Five have normal acuity, and five more can read at 20 feet what normal eyes can read at 30. The other eight taper off to 20/120. The plastic lenses are focused for distant vision (20 feet to infinity); for reading or playing cards, the patients need glasses...