Word: tilled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shock . . . The 'unexpected' will then develop with intensity. American leadership will suddenly become uncertain and perhaps frustrated. [This] type of change would produce far more damage to world affairs in general and to the economic situation in the U.S. National policies toward business . . . would be left uncertain till a new President took office ten or twelve months later...
...upshot was that Murtagh postponed Big Joe's sentence till Jan. 18 and sent him off to search out gypsy scofflaws throughout the nation...
Savage Indignation. In an age of savage politics, he was the most savage, in such withering satires as A Tale of a Tub and A Modest Proposal. When he fought, says Biographer Murry, "he bit like a badger till his teeth met." Men feared him, and three women loved him. Pride, it seems, forbade him to give them a man's love in return. With a lunatic idealism, he could not forgive them for having the natural functions common to all humans...
...nomination is the late Emmett Till. I believe that his death and the subsequent acquittal of Bryant and Milam have awakened the U.S. to the true meaning of Mississippi fascism with its warped sense of justice...
...biggest producer of watches, announced a new line of self-winding, Armalloy-bearing watches that can be thrown not only on floors but also against Swiss competition. Starting with an output of 1,500 a day, U.S. Time will enter a field shunned by almost all U.S. manufacturers. Up till now the Swiss, whose low labor costs let them make jeweled movements more cheaply than American producers can, have dominated the U.S. self-winder market. Lehmkuhl hopes to capture one-third of it by selling his watches for $14.95, roughly half the price of comparable Swiss watches...