Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...facts, instead announced that "competent authorities," presumably the same Kremlin officials who ordered the kidnap, found Langelle to be engaged in secret intelligence work, and therefore persona non grata. Langelle thus became the eleventh U.S. official to be kicked out of Russia since 1952, but the first to undergo third-degree preliminaries...
...formation backs. On the basic power sweep to the right, glowering End Marlin McKeever cuts down the tackle, and glowering Guard Mike pulls out to lead the interference. "Maybe they'll stop it the first time," says Coach Don Clark. "Maybe the second and the third. But sooner or later they make a mistake-and you just watch...
...hospital and make house calls. The big need around here is for house calls, and I make two or three a day.'' Dr. Sills charges $3 for an office visit, $1.50 for an injection, but cuts the fees for the poor. Negro patients make up one-third of his practice. About half the patients plunk down cash on Mrs. Sills's desk as they leave, and most who are billed pay promptly...
...nation's harried railroads, who hoped for a boost in booming 1959, the strike dealt a smashing blow. In 13 weeks the roads lost an estimated $459 million in gross revenues. Railroad employment on Sept. 30 fell to 797,195, the lowest since 1900. Third-quarter rail earnings, when they come out in the next several weeks, will not make pleasant reading...
...first trickles of third-quarter earnings reports from industry's accountants were uniformly good. Thanks to big defense orders and strong consumer sales, General Electric Chairman Ralph Cordiner was able to announce record nine-month earnings of $189,512,000, up 17% to $2.16 per share for the nation's biggest electrical-equipment firm. Giant International Business Machines had a nine-month profit of $102 million, up 10%. Drugs, retailing and food companies all were up, with cheery reports from R. H. Macy & Co., Upjohn Co., Kroger Co. Ford Motor was doing so well that it declared...