Word: weathering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Actually there was little doubt about the nominees in next week's primary: Knowland had no opposition; Brown faced only an obscure San Francisco businessman; Clair Engle had a sharp edge over a 28-year-old Democratic unknown named Fritjof Peder Thygeson, and Goodie Knight would doubtless weather George Christopher's worst insults. But California candidates can crossfile, appear on both parties' ballots. All knew that next week's primary would 1) be an important popularity poll and 2) give some first answers to three burning questions...
Unprecedented Proclamation. The Maryland crash-the fifth mid-air military-airliner collision over the U.S. since mid-1949-laid on the line once again a scandalously serious problem of the U.S.'s crowded air space. In clear weather, military planes fly indiscriminately on and through civil airways under Visual Flight Rules. In areas of heavy traffic, civilian airliners, even in clear weather, more often fly under Instrument Flight Rules-continually tracked and controlled by Civil Aeronautics Administration ground stations. In the final analysis, the lack of military-civilian coordination was responsible for the Maryland crash just...
...basis of merit. It not only directs the policies of the twelve "sister academies" of the various republics, it runs at least 126 research institutes, and to a large extent governs the work of more than 200,000 scientists and technicians. Its institutes probe into everything from weather control and ionospheric explorations above the Antarctic icecap to elaborate schemes for landing electronic-guided tanks on the moon. It sponsors as many as 100 field expeditions at a time, one of which last year discovered in Siberia what may be the largest diamond field in the world. It is the goad...
...three months of 1958, the nation's beleaguered carriers operated at a loss of $2,900,000, even though almost all lines increased their business-to a grand total of $345 million. Nonetheless, in March, which closed out the quarter, many lines began to cash in on better weather plus the fare increase: United, for instance, reported its first profitable month of the year...
...housing upturns were bellwethers for the economy. But some economists suspect that housing may no longer be a completely reliable economic indicator. Reason: like many another industry, housing has had the cream skimmed off the top of its market, cannot depend on the backed-up demand that helped it weather the last two recessions...