Word: finalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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When Panama's Constitution Day fell on the final day of pre-Lenten Carnival last week, U.S. Canal Zone authorities braced for another invasion by Panamanians determined to plant their flag on zone soil. Then the Canal Company's public information officer, William Griffin Arey Jr., had an inspiration. For $14.85 he bought 60 tiny U.S. and Panamanian flags to decorate lamp posts on the zone side of the border. Next day Panama's surprised Foreign Ministry viewed "with much pleasure what has happened." Even Panama's rabble-rousing politicos were dazzled. "An intelligent and conciliatory...
...killer only a half-century ago, taking 150,000 lives annually, can be wiped out for all practical purposes within the next few years. Convinced that this goal is achievable, the National Tuberculosis Association last week announced plans (made in conjunction with the U.S. Public Health Service) for a final, all-out campaign against...
...young sailor has killed in passion, but once he has the child in his clutches, he cannot kill the only witness to the crime. As the police come nearer to the man, the man comes nearer to the heart of the child-and the audience. With the final chase scene, only retired desk sergeants and the ghosts of faithless mistresses can help but wish that every cop in Cardiff will end up under 50 feet of water off Tiger...
Whipsawed. Dow theorists admit that though their signals are late, better late than never. But few market experts put much faith in hindsight. A classic example of the Dow Theory's operation came in 1929, when, after industrials had dropped 80 points, the Dow signal finally flashed. The market eventually went considerably lower, but by that time thousands of investors' accounts had been wiped out; 1937 saw a similar occurrence. Actually, anyone heeding the Dow Theory's buy and sell signals since 1929 would have been wrong 15 times out of 24. On those occasions, he would...
...Even if inventories reach a peak and stay there, the effects on the economy could be a long time in coming. The monthly business letter of the First National City Bank of New York pointed out that inventory accumulation in the last business cycle reached its peak in the final quarter of 1955. Yet gross national product continued to rise through the third quarter of 1957-two years longer...