Word: upness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Phoenix's new urge for culture is part of the national tidal wave that has nearly doubled museum space since World War II, has found art societies and institutes sprouting in towns that once would have been hard pressed to support a framing shop. Phoenix itself started modestly enough...
Night Break. In Bonn, a sign on the city-jail gate reads: "Persons wishing to give themselves up will be admitted only weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m."
Washed Up. In Los Angeles, Isabel Hernandez, 63, burned up because commuters waiting for buses dropped cigarette butts, papers and other refuse on her front lawn, boarded a bus with her garden hose, doused driver, passengers, seats and coin box.
The most remarkable fact about consumer buying is that nothing seems to deter it. During both the recession and the steel strike, consumers held to their buying pace, thus bolstered the economy in a key area just when it needed support. Now, though personal income has leveled off, the consumer...
Such nondurable goods as clothing, food and gasoline still account for two-thirds of the consumer's purchases, reached a sales total of $12 billion in October. Bigger gains have been run up in the durable field (see chart), where October sales hit $6.3 billion, up 17% over last...