Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...journeyed north to the Red-held provinces of Samneua and Phongsaly, came back tut-tutting that he simply did not believe that the Communists were Communists. With the rest of the family thus ganged up against him, Premier Souvanna Phouma resigned as Premier, and got set to take a trip to Paris. The King and the elders of his Royal Council, alarmed at Phetsarath's obviously strong ties with Souphanouvong's Communists, began wondering whether it had been wise to give Phetsarath back his yellow umbrella after all, appointed a new Premier to keep the Communists (and Prince...
...Armstrong Tire & Rubber Co.; Gulf Oil has a 12% interest in Texas Gulf Sulphur, which supplies Gulf with sulphur; Olin Mathieson Chemical has 25.8% of Marquardt Aircraft and 50% of rocketmaker Reaction Motors, for which it is helping develop rocket fuel. And by successfully going back 30 years to trip Du Pont, trustbusters had won the right to try any company for things it did in long years past...
...taxes paid on them-have rapidly increased, so have the ways in which embattled taxpayers hold down the Government's take. Every businessman knows about such old standbys as the farm that runs at a tax-deductible loss, the "business" expense for a yacht, a car, a trip, even a country-club membership. But comparatively few are aware of another way of saving by the wise use of trusts and foundations, which can be set up for either charity or personal projects, and often reward the taxpayer with huge savings. Until recently only taxpayers in the 80% tax bracket...
...plot of John Steinbeck's 1947 bestseller, which this picture generally follows, is almost as confusing and misleading, as the road signs in the back country it is set in. But somehow or other, Hollywood's Bus barrels lustily along until, just before the end of the trip, it hits the sawdust trail...
Among the passengers: a salesman (Dan Dailey) with a novelty line, who tries it out on a blonde across the aisle (Jayne Mansfield); a couple of harried marrieds who give their boy-crazy daughter (Dolores Michaels) no peace. As the trip starts, the daughter makes a pass at the driver of the bus (Rick Jason), who has just left his wife (Joan Collins) because she drinks too much and smooches too little. Meanwhile, the salesman is pitching for the blonde: "I have depths, honest. I think I have." And back at the depot the highway patrol drops...