Word: waits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thigh-slinging Crooner Elvis Presley made his way from Hollywood to the family home near Memphis to wait out his Army summons, Pollster Eugene Gilbert, a specialist in probing teen-age minds (TIME, Aug. 13, 1956), announced-to no one's surprise-that Pelvis fans, rated against the Como-Boone-Sinatra crowd, are all shook up indeed. Researcher Gilbert's findings: in school, most Presleyans don't give a twang for getting good grades. Average grade for the Elvis lover is C; for the Booneite, B or better. Thirty percent of ardent rock 'n' rollers...
Businessmen are trying to trim as much fat as possible from their own operations. U.S. Steel is setting up its first incentive program for salesmen; in the good old days steel salesmen spent their time explaining why customers had to wait for steel, they must now get out and sell. With a tighter economy, companies are also replacing marginal workers with more efficient hands. Los Angeles' Broadway-Hale Stores has cut employment 7% so far this year, and expects a 4.6% sales decrease. Yet by improving the work force and reducing overhead. President Edward W. Carter expects to keep...
Whatever tax cut is made, almost everyone agrees it must be made fast to be effective. Though California's Senator William F. Knowland thinks Congress will wait until June before making any tax cut, congressional sentiment is strong to cut taxes in April if the recession is deepening. A lengthy debate over what excise taxes should be cut might further check consumer buying. In Canada, for example, the government dawdled over an auto excise cut last year. Consumers stopped buying in expectation of the cut-and Canadian auto production was seriously hurt...
...instead got "a veritable sack." Under regulations barring money and jewels, she could not even keep her religious medal. "Pay for eight days," said the cashier. "If she doesn't last that long, you'll get the extra money back." On return visits, Micheline Vernhes had to wait outside the gates, often in the rain; Peggy sobbed hysterically each time her mother had to leave her alone after the brief visiting hours. After eight days, Micheline Vernhes could stand it no longer, took Peggy home...
...BETTER FOR WORSE is about Prince Andrea Ferentino and his American wife Kitty. Long years in the Ferentino castello, doing nothing but wait for his old man to move on to a better world and give Heir Andrea a chance in this one, have sapped the prince's fibers; he pines feebly for "real" life. When the U.S. Army liberates the Ferentino village during World War II, Andrea's dream all but comes true: he flies away on a magic jeep as an Italian interpreter, worships the most ordinary G.I.s, shapes wonderful plans for starting a new life...