Word: users
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...biggest user of many raw materials, the U.S. has not only a vested interest but a heavy responsibility in the matter of fluctuating world markets. Any dip in the U.S. economy can mean a big income drop for nations that count heavily on exports to the U.S.-as the U.S. recession proved. Russia's all-out economic war has aggravated the situation, made it more important than ever for the U.S. to help stabilize the free world's metals markets, now suffering from an overproduction stomachache...
...footlights, and gusts of damp winter air surged from the wings. The piano plunked like a loosely strung mandolin. But the audience listened to the big, barrel-chested baritone with the rapt concentration of buffs at the Metropolitan Opera. They stomped lusty approval of arias from Tannhäuser and The Barber of Seville, art songs by Delibes and Debussy, lieder by Karl Loewe and Schubert...
...complains that it is operating at only 50% capacity." At times, businessmen even gave thanks for the breather. Frank Magee, president of Aluminum Co. of America, noting that aluminum has often been in short supply, said cheerfully: "For the first time in history, we can promise the potential user of aluminum a steady, dependable supply of metal...
...cobalt-platinum alloy magnets, the most powerful of their size ever developed. Inserted into the upper or lower jaw, the magnets attract other small magnets placed in the overlying denture to keep them in place. The mesh-covered magnets are strong enough to last the life of the denture-user...
...assistant conductor at the Augsburg Opera (where he also occasionally tinkled the triangle in the pit). In 1953 he tried out (with 64 other applicants) for the job of music director at Aachen. With a piano score Sawallisch prepared Aachen's cut version of Tannhäuser, learned on his way to the podium for the last act that a 20-page cut had been restored, sailed through the intricate music at sight without a bobble. He was promptly hired...