Word: fields
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...bafflegab," as Sylvia calls anything the reader cannot be expected to digest without help, her column stood out in bold and refreshing relief. For years she had been explaining the meaning of economics in terms that anyone could understand. Since no one else was doing it, Sylvia had the field to herself. As James A. Wechsler, editor of her base paper, the New York Post, has said: "Sylvia walked into a vacuum...
Spotting Trends. The fact is that as a business columnist, Sylvia Porter can more than hold her own in a predominantly male field. Even her critics acknowledge her perception. Says the chief of research for a topflight economic agency in Washington: "She is watched, more than read, because she is perceptive, and we want to know what is on her mind...
...doctors were sued. Jury awards in malpractice suits have nearly trebled since 1950; lawyers' fees, court costs, damages and out-of-court settlements in last year's cases totaled an estimated $50 million. Good Samaritan cases, such as the Denver doctors dodged, form a small but rich field for suits, because emergencies demand haste, often catch the doctor ill-equipped and ill-prepared...
...Salt Lake City, young Smith learned not only how to plow a field, but also how to fight off an Indian attack. Throughout his youth the bustling Mormon community was watched over by federal troops and attacked by Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy. Shortly after Smith's 25th birthday, his father, who was senior apostle in the Council of the Twelve, succeeded to the presidency of the Mormon Church. "It was wonderful, but rather frightening to have him in the house," recalls Smith, "because the president is the only man to get revelations direct from...
...cars in early November, a record for the date and a hike of 58,130 units from the month before. Chrysler, which has had more than its share of the backlog despite improved sales, this week plans to shut down three plants for a week for "an adjustment of field inventories." Chrysler also suffered a casualty in the decline of the medium-priced car; it announced that the DeSoto, in production for 32 years, would be discontinued this month because of steadily shrinking sales (less than 3,000 1961 De-Sotos have been built...