Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first rich weeks of the 86th Congress, unfolding the morning newspaper was nothing but pleasure for Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson. Texan Johnson's weighty advice to the Administration on budget and defense policies, and his considerable success in steering the Senate to spectacular compromise on the filibuster and the housing bill, were the talk of Washington. But by last week Lyndon Johnson had become accustomed to finding more headaches in headlines than he had known in years...
...Indirect taxes were slashed on a wide range of items. Most spectacular was a cut of about 2$ on a pint of beer, which, observed Amory, is "a fitting celebration perhaps of the achievements of an exhausting decade." Purchase tax on cars, TV sets and cosmetics is to fall from 60% to 50% ; on washing machines, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners it drops from...
...China battled with bombs and paratroops to blot out the last vestiges of independence in Tibet, and the Dalai Lama's spectacular escape into India (see FOREIGN NEWS), brought home the point for would-be neutralists in Asia and Africa that they stay neutral in the cold war to their ultimate peril...
...prostitution; the businessman's lunch hour at the popular Chesterfield Club on Ninth Street was famous for its stark-naked waitresses. City Manager Cookingham cleaned up the town, got going on new roads, schools, sewers, etc., created an environment that brought new industry and new, if less spectacular, vitality to the city. In so doing, Cookingham also made a nationwide name for himself; 35 men who served under him went out to become city managers in other cities...
...experts look for another spectacular rise in the next few months. One factor is that the shortage of stock is easing as more and more issues come on sale to sponge up excess funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission reported a record 171 filings in March for issues of $2.2 billion...