Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...licked?" asked McCloskey on one phone. "So we're behind in Lackawanna and Allegheny, too, eh?" Finnegan muttered on another. Only a robust Democratic lead in the Pennsylvania senatorial race brightened Finnegan's wake. The 11 p.m. calculators had Ike leading in states worth 441 electoral votes, Stevenson in states with only...
...Hour." He set out to speak "not for my fellows but about them," but first he established his own position: "I believe in the dignity of the individual," the young graduate wrote, "in government by law, in respect for the truth, and in a good God; these beliefs are worth my life, and more...
Official Isreali sources revealed this morning that their forces had siezed 50 million dollars worth of Russian-made Egyptian arms in four days of fighting...
...Connor, Dresser might never have got the Russian drill. The Commerce Department first refused to let Dresser export any technical information in exchange for the drills; eventually, O'Connor worked out a straight cash deal with the U.S.S.R. O'Connor feels that getting the Russian equipment was worth the trouble, since U.S. engineers were unsuccessful in developing a turbodrill that could withstand the strain and pressure of deep drilling. Says O'Connor: "That's where the Russians beat us. They decided that if they were going to drill with mud, they must lubricate with mud. They...
...delivering more than 100 million cu. ft. of gas a day, has already lighted a flame under the Northwest's economy. Utility companies have spent $20 million to convert to natural gas, and will lay out another $100 million by 1961. Consumers are expected to buy $100 million worth of new gas appliances. Washington Natural Gas Co. estimates its revenues will double...