Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whole globe there can hardly be two more intrinsically negligible pieces of real estate than Quemoy and Matsu, a pair of barren islands off the China coast. Yet history has an old trick of throwing its spotlight on obscure spots and thereby illuminating vast, half-hidden conflicts...
...Director Middleton knows that his job will not get easier in the years ahead, even if the U.S. remains at peace. As the U.S.'s vast veteran population grows older, more veterans will suffer from chronic illnesses and require their country's care. Dr. Middleton can point to a historical example: U.S. outlay for Civil War veterans reached its peak in 1898, fully 33 years after Appomattox...
...fundamental attitude toward education: the more its citizens get, the better off they will be. Last week, at colleges and universities across the nation, that simple attitude was causing both concern and consternation. In 1955 few questions loom as large as: What does the nation do about the vast increase in enrollments expected within the next few years...
...impossible to tell that the words were in English (in a translation by John Gutman), but it hardly mattered, because most of the conversation that came through was a bore. Rolf Gérard's scenery, on the other hand, was both attractive and understandable: the vast gold and white ballroom in the second act had beautifully costumed couples waltzing in the background, and the third act's red-plush hotel lobby was an atmospheric masterpiece...
...fears "just plain silly." Was not the telephone industry the prime example of automation, with its increased use of dial phones? Yet between 1940 and 1950, said Fairless, the number of telephone operators in the U.S. increased by 159,000, or 79%. In the same ten-year period, while vast strides were made with electronic business machines, the number of accountants jumped by 71%. As for the auto industry, Reuther's own stamping ground. Fairless noted that, despite big gains in automation, the number of auto workers doubled in 14 years-"and for every new job in the auto...