Word: wave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Phenomenon. Voluminously voluble, gaunt, hot-eyed, nervous as a neurotic bloodhound, Malraux has an exotic fascination for Frenchmen as an intellectual who is also what they call un homme engage. As a man committed to action, Malraux-believing Communism to be the wave of the future-intrigued in the Chinese revolution and flew for the Loyalists in Spain; during World War II, he fought brilliantly in the Resistance. As a man of intellect, he distilled powerful novels from his experiences (Man's Fate, Man's Hope...
...usual manner, but looks like the Soap-Box Derby Winner with a Cadillac when he romances with a healthier and heftier Marilyn. For all her eye and hip rolling, Monroe is unable to project effectively as she did in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She mouthes through several enticers, including "Heat Wave" and "After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want it Anymore...
...light of a receding body shifts toward the red (long-wave) end of the spectrum...
...life-insurance business, equality of rates has long been a carefully protected tradition. No matter what amount of insurance a man bought, he paid the same price per thousand as any other customer with the same age and health rating. But recently a wave of price-cutting has swept through the life-insurance business, a procedure as shocking to many insurance men as discount houses have been to most retailers. What has happened is that most big insurance companies have started giving quantity discounts on what they call "specials." New York Life Insurance Co. and Equitable Life Assurance Society...
...pretty good as they were, that a change would give rise to a whole new series of problems and why rock the boat?" For the nation's 93 million policyholders (who have $339 billion in life insurance in force), rocking the boat with the special policies means a wave of healthy competition in the industry...