Word: wall
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tough All Over. He has begun by purchasing the building next door. At noon one day last month, the tiny news staff picked up its typewriters and marched single file through a hole in the wall to the new quarters. Reporters could hardly believe their eyes. "It was like going from night to day," beamed one veteran. "A new room, new desks, cushioned chairs, pleasant pictures on the wall, good lighting. And everyone treating you so well. It was 'Do you need anything else?' not 'Well, the world's tough all over...
...means that the already high cost of borrowing money for everything from autos to homes, from financing business inventories to major industrial expansion will also escalate to new altitudes. While these effects will ripple through the economy slowly-depressing housing starts further and perhaps hurting auto and appliance sales-Wall Street reacted swiftly. Already jittery over Viet Nam, the U.S. balance-of-payments deficit and the cloudy prospects of higher taxes, the stock market staggered through its worst week in seven. The Dow-Jones industrial average of 30 key stocks sank briefly during one day's trading...
...other sinews of the Viet Nam war, Santa Monica-based Douglas Aircraft Co. has run into unexpected trouble. Though it boasts a hefty $2.8 billion order backlog, mostly for its efficient DC-8 and DC-9 jets, the company two weeks ago jolted both its own industry and Wall Street by reporting a $3,400,000 loss during the second quarter of its fiscal year...
...syces to care for their pony, dirzees to whip them up frilly frocks, ayahs and bearers to care for them. But the sisters were perceptive little girls, and if life was mostly a carefree and sheltered idyll, there was also an awareness of spuming life outside their garden wall. They recall with remarkable clarity the sights and sounds of the bazaars, of steamer trips through the river jungle of the Ganges Delta, of the slow cycle of the Indian year, from Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, back again to the Moslem festival of Muharram. In a muted way there...
...hundreds that occur in her book have been worn even smoother by constant use. "Unseemly behavior," "ulterior motive," "the bond of affection," "spread like wildfire," "fraught with danger," "outraged dignity," "food for thought," "kicking over the traces," "nefarious scheme," "accepted with alacrity," "wild disorders," "the handwriting on the wall," "a figment of imagination," "travel-stained "garments," "the unvarnished truth," "failing fast," "a kind and devoted husband," "their fury knew no bounds," "by hook or crook"-they are all here, sometimes twice and sometimes in flocks: "The immediate result of this dramatic departure was one of widespread enthusiasm and some...