Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some time we in Italy have been heading towards state capitalism and hence the formation of a new, restricted political class made up of those participating in that capitalism−in other words, the government and civil-service bureaucracy. It is no wonder privileged employees take to themselves bigger tasks and positions, that they are now present in large numbers in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It is no wonder that a certain number of parliamentary representatives are simultaneously administrators or managers of state companies handling public funds. An attempt has been made to reconcile differences between state...
...Myself (with grim patience): Is that so? I wonder. But then, money is not everything in life...
...everything from chlorine to nylon and Dacron-like Terylene. London was also buzzing over the company's jump into titanium. I.C.I, will gamble $10 million on a new factory, hoped to move into the market with an initial annual production of 3,000,000 Ibs. of the scarce wonder metal...
...Florida's real−and least expected−source of wealth is just now being discovered. Long considered poor in basic raw materials, the state has been finding uses for things that once were considered worthless. Around Jacksonville, two companies are mining ilmenite and rutile, from which the wonder metal titanium is produced. To the south, near Fort Myers, an oilfield is producing commercially. Oil was also found last month in a new area not far away. To the north, slash pine is feeding the paper and chemical industries. In the Everglades, Newport Industries and other companies are turning...
Before German Novelist Theodor Plievier brings Moscow to a close, the "wonder" touch has passed from Hitler to Stalin, and the scope and horror of modern war has been described with a combination of pitiless detail and powerful sweep by the best novelist who has written on World War II. Plievier richly earned that rating with Stalingrad (TIME, Nov. i, 1948), and while Moscow is not so dramatic as his earlier story, it is the kind of book that leaves a residue of flaming images in a reader's mind. The second volume of a trilogy...