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Word: weres (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Railroads. Rail traffic in the first half, said James L. Symes, chairman of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will be 5% to 7% over the first half of 1959, when the rails were still steaming out of the recession.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Look Ahead | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

The words of John XXIII were not calculated to give the world's press any ease. "Can the Pope," asked he, "remain indifferent to press accounts which have nothing to do with instructions or honest information? Does his heart not suffer at the thought of the poison broadcast widely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Pope & the Press | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

In a Manhattan store packed with Christmas shoppers, an impatient customer stopped in front of a display typewriter and banged out a desperate note: "Why don't you wait on me?" All over the U.S. last week, harried clerks were faced with similar problems as they tried to placate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Christmas Rush | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Hidden Costs. Upset by the fast attack, Schering's President Francis C. Brown hotly protested that Keef's chart -and the Keef himself-were all wrong. Prednisolone, said Brown, is a Schering improvement on Merck & Co.'s basic cortisone, is marketed by Schering under the trade name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRUGS: The Double Image | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

Powerful Australian and New Zealand meat packers as well as the packing unions sought to stop Delfino because shipping of beef on the hoof imperiled Australia's frozen-meat export trade. Delfino cleared this hurdle after conferences with the government, paid Auckland dock wallopers triple and quadruple wages to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Delfino Trail | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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