Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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SERGEANT JOHN LLOYD ran a motor pool. Helping a war correspondent fix a flat tire, Lloyd talked very American talk, and very happy. "You need any gas? I am the stingiest man alive with gas. Anybody comes in here with more than half a tank don't get any, that's all. They get mad. But when we get orders to move, I have got some saved up, and then I'm not such a bad guy." The tire repaired, Sergeant Lloyd went over to a compressor which would not work, turned a screw, took hold...
Reported TIME Correspondent Eric Gibbs: "Bao Dai has great intelligence and charm and the pneumatic resilience of a heavy-duty tire. Some critics seem to assume that all would be well if only Bao Dai looked less like an amiable playboy and made more earnest speeches to rouse the people against Communism. But if Bao Dai were Peter the Hermit himself, I doubt that he could launch such a crusade. The key issue is a matter of principle, not of personality. To any Vietnamese who thinks about anything beyond his paddy field, national independence is the one dominant thought...
Like many another hardheaded businessman, Abell H. Bernstein was hard driven by his own restless energy. The stocky president of Bernstein Bros. Pipe & Machinery Co. of Pueblo, Colo, thought nothing of working 18 or 20 hours a day, seemed never to tire. But then he began to suffer from dizzy spells and shortness of breath. Specialists told him that he had coronary artery disease, advised him to quit work and take things easy...
...Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. raised prices 7½ to 10% ($1.40 on popular-sized tires), the fifth increase this year. Other tire companies were expected to follow...
Though the court approved the sale, there were still several obstacles. General Tire, which already owns New England's Yankee Network, will also have to get FCC approval to take over Don Lee. Before CBS can buy KTSL, it will also have to get FCC approval and sell its present 49% interest in the Los Angeles Times's competing television station, KTTV. On the off chance that some hitch would develop, Les Hoffman let his bid stand. After last week's surprise, radiomen would not believe that the Don Lee network had been sold until General...