Word: world
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Liberation of the Philippines, by Samuel Eliot Morison. The 13th volume in the author's massive U.S. naval history of World War II describes the fighting through the summer...
...dubious at finding himself in step with the herd. The crystal-ball gazers predict that the national product will jump to a $500 billion rate in the first quarter, race on to $525 billion or better before leveling off at $510 billion and the first half-trillion economy the world has ever known...
...World by the Tail? Whether the U.S. achieves that goal and goes on to serve all the many millions around the rapidly developing world depends on whether the businessman competes to the fullest of his impressive abilities. One of the great debates of 1959 that is bound to continue on into the 19605 is the economic competition between the U.S. and Soviet Russia. In the statistical numbers game, the experts point in alarm to the fact that Russia has grown to rank as the world's second greatest economic power in the space of 30 years. They cite...
...Chinese gruel. Having tasted free enterprise, they are determined to sit down to the entire meal. The position of the U.S. was never stronger. But it would have to keep on exercising its leadership. FRB's Martin puts it flatly: "The U.S. faces the '60s with the world by the tail, with every opportunity to be a leader, provided that it is willing to engage in sound practices...
...Blows (French). The story of a small boy's flight from the soiled, loveless world of his parents adds up to a moving metaphor for all humanity trapped in the relentless round of daily life...