Word: terme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Finished." Clearly, Ike had been giving some deep thought to his role as the first President to be limited (by the 22nd Amendment) to two terms of office. And he seemed, in a way, to be trying to lay down a code of conduct for second-term Presidents who would follow him in office. "I'm not thinking so much of public images as I am the public good," he said in response to another question. "I call your attention again [to the fact] that I cannot be running for anything. I am finished with public life when...
...plenty that is pure Brahms in this work, such as the perfect balance between the Romantic material and its Classical treatment; the special textures and spacings in the scoring; and the frequent rhythmical and metrical subtleties. And idea after idea is characterized by what the Germans call "Schwung," a term that unfortunately has no reasonable equivalent in English...
...other major decisions* handed down on the final day of its term, the Supreme Court nailed up fences protecting 1) federal officials, and 2) broadcasting stations from important types of libel suits...
...Nationwide cement sales dropped 50%. ¶ Sales of small appliances, car parts and other necessities are down as much as 27%, while sales of necessities, e.g., food and drugs, just hold their own. ¶ Big, long-term purchases reflecting confidence in the future, such as automobiles and heavy machinery, are off 20% to 50%. ¶ U.S. investment, which rose $25 million (to a total of $850 million) even in the war year of 1958, has virtually stopped. ¶ Tourism, such a bright prospect that three big new hotels opened for the 1957-58 season, is nearly dead, with...
...four to ten months sooner than with plaster casts. It helps particularly with older people whose bones are slow to heal. While the yellowish bone glue has produced no toxic or foreign-matter reactions in patients thus far, Drs. Mandarino and Salvatore are still studying it for potential long-term ill effects...