Word: turning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more days Santa will turn from side to side and wave his arms. And then he will probably return to his cardboard igloo in the basement of the X-Mas Corporation Outlet on Massachusetts Avenue and Mount Auburn Street...
...simple life and that nothing in his life has gone according to plan. Hollywood, with its obvious delight in the movie's extravaganza and its faith in the ultimate triumph of American idealism, succeeds thoroughly in giving him the lie. For the Giant thesis is that everything will turn out wealthy, and all right...
Nationalism is running high in Eastern Europe. Now it is anti-Soviet. An invasion could turn it anti-American. War poignantly illustrates the distinction between insiders and outsiders. A Western invasion would revive fears of Germany, cause the people to submerge their grievences, and solidify in the Russian camp. Geographical proximity, the economic and defensive power of Russia will tie these peoples to the past--not to the alien west. Invasion will only force the peoples of Eastern Europe to realize that their governments speak their language. They will unite to defend the motherland against foreign invasion as they have...
...spiritual authority, and many nuns and priests are still imprisoned in the satellites. Archbishop Joseph Beran of Prague and Yugoslavia's Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac are held by the Communists. Both Cardinals Mindszenty and Wyszynski could again share the fate of those prisoners; the two cardinals' freedom might turn out to be only an episode. If so, it would not be forgotten. Like a sudden flash, it lighted up the dark scene and showed clearly the continuing, fervent faith of the satellite peoples...
Actually, the growth of giant industries has in some ways produced a more favorable climate for the small concern. Since the small operator can often turn out a better product, big companies find it is economical to subcontract as much work as possible. General Electric Co. pays out nearly half its sales volume (1955 gross: more than $3 billion) to 42,000 subcontractors and suppliers, 90% of them small businesses. RCA closed a Camden (N.J.) transformer plant because small electronics manufacturers produced better components...