Word: doubledealing
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In every room-from the browsing room ("Just what the name implies," says a Settlemayer sign. "Look around . . ."), to the reference room ("Answers questions on anything and everything, from quizzes to theses and back again")-he has installed brilliant lighting and brightly upholstered chairs. He has even had Muzak pumped...
"Phony Recession." He cut the price to $16 (v. $22 for other makes), successfully bucked the competition of established companies. Swanson discounted 1949's "phony recession," doubled his payroll and tripled production. Thus when the 1950 TV boom came along, Standard Coil cashed in.
Dartmouth and Amherst have expressed their satisfaction at our solution. With a fine diplomatic flourish, Amherst President Charles Cole wrote : "I would say that Judge Linen had beaten Judge Solomon, for he has doubled instead of halved the baby."
Since he became amusements editor 25 years ago, "Rosy" Rosenfield has continuously beaten the drums for talent and money to back new cultural enterprises. Among the enterprises he has promoted: the Dallas Little Theater (where he doubled as actor), the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Margo Jones's repertory theater, and...
Nationalization slowed the decline at first, but the drop is accelerating again. In three successive October weeks output fell below the same period in 1949. Last year Britain's mines had produced 24 million fewer tons than in 1938. The work force slumped to 687,000 men, lowest in...