Word: turned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Infernal Machine (adapted by Albert Bermel from the French of Jean Cocteau) is Oedipus Rex revised and enlarged. The Cocteau version, which is 24 years old, does some clever satiric tale twisting, makes the story turn a psychological handspring or two, tosses in talk of music and dancing, and includes scene after scene that Sophocles did without. It uses a legitimate method of getting out of a classical rut and taking a fresh modern slant. The result is interesting without being successful...
...units was down 8.5% from December and 23.7% lower than January 1957. As business cut back buying, the Federal Reserve announced that commercial and industrial loans in 94 major cities tumbled another $218 million for the week, making a total $1.8 billion reduction since mid-1957. In turn, the big sales finance companies chopped their interest rates by another ½% (total reduction this year: 1⅛%) for the sharpest cut in years. A day later, commercial dealers followed with a ⅛% reduction on short-term notes. One gainer was the U.S. Treasury, whose refinancing operations were helped by declining interest...
Died. Imre Horvath, 57, Hungary's Foreign Minister, longtime (since 1918) Communist, onetime gun-toting activist (in Bela Kun's post-World War I Red rebellion) and Minister to the U.S. (1949-51), who saw his own son Imre and his nephew Alexander turn freedom fighters in the 1956 revolt, then flee to Austria; after a gallstone operation; in Budapest...
...technicians, George and Chuck. As "electromatic" typewriters tap out the giant brain's findings, George and Chuck begin to have qualms. The high lama believes that the world will come to an end when Mark V emits the 9 billionth name of God. What if the monks turn violent when the Last Trump fails to sound...
...Fine Print. In Chicago, William J. Powell. 31, who views marriage as a give-and-take proposition and averted four divorce suits filed by his wife (by agreeing to: 1) turn over-his entire paycheck to her. 2) change from night work to day work because she was lonesome, 3) attend her church, 4) give up television because it interfered with her reading), was remarried after a fifth, successful suit when he agreed to give up golf and bowling, was sued once again, this time was told that he must give up beating his wife...