Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Waist-High Culture, by Thomas Griffith. A look at the fatty tissues that give U.S. culture a rubber tire...
...running through the 1958 fourth quarter and year-end reports. It was the salutary effect of a new drive for efficiency and productivity. A few years ago, declining sales usually meant a decline in profits. But now many a company can post smart profits even when sales dip. Goodyear Tire & Rubber was down 3.8% in sales for 1958, yet managed to hit record profits, up 2% to $6.08 per share. After a poor third quarter, Reynolds Metals did so well in the last quarter that it actually increased its full-year earnings slightly, to $3.25 per share. Du Pont...
...Waist-High Culture, by Thomas Griffith. A cool look at the fatty tissues that give U.S. culture a rubber tire...
...matter of fact, pro wrestling ain't even a sport. It has not come close since the mid '30s, when the public began to tire of watching such "shooters" (honest wrestlers) as Jim Londos the Golden Greek and Ed ("Strangler") Lewis sweat through stolid hours of dull, defensive wrestling. Then, as the gate receipts began to fall off, the beef trust made a discovery: wrestling fans are suckers for fancy holds with fanciful names. Any one of the new maneuvers could have wrecked a man for life; yet everyone kept his health. It was obvious to the simplest...
Fourth Qtr. Total Total Total 1958 1958 1957 Allegheny Ludlum Steel $3.3 $5.8 $11.7 General Tire & Rubber 5.9 11.3 11.3 Scott Paper 6.2 22.0 21.6 Liggett & Myers 8.6 31.2 28.3 American...