Word: nested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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George W. Malone, isolationist Republican from Nevada, a onetime prizefighter who fights a loud, long fight for narrow sectional interests. His Senate office is a rat's nest of statistics on the West's mineral resources and little else; his chair on the Senate floor is often vacant. Fifty-nine-year-old "Molly" Malone once represented the Western mining and industrial interests in the Capitol lobby; as a Senator, he still does...
...cool $25,000 piloting a jet from Nome over the Pole to Washington, Troxell dies when the "pod" fails in a premature test. Miss Parker accuses Matt of responsibility for this accident, warning that Troxell's ghost would come between them if they contemplated a life together. The nest day, Matt lands safely in the "pod" as his flaming plane crashes. Miss Parker rushes to him, and damn if that ghost doesn't disappear...
...Nest Eggs. Last week, the society sold the refrigerator plant to Cedar Rapids Manufacturer Howard Hall and half a dozen associates, for $1,100,000 plus outstanding accounts receivable, bringing the total to about $1,750,000. Why? Storekeeper William H. Zuber summed it up: "Too many eggs in one basket." With 40-50% of its total income coming from refrigerator sales, Amana feared that it might go broke if the bottom dropped out of the refrigerator market. And the expense of keeping up with high-powered competition ($300,000 to tool up for a new line) seemed like...