Word: slides
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Soby himself is bullish, with reservations : "Certainly some of the famous artists of the past 75 years may one day slide abruptly down the banister of the staircase their market has ascended by stages; some will make the climb again; others will slump forever at the bottom of the flight. It seems to me, however, that the big figures in 20th-century art will hold their lofty place or go still higher...
...Birding virtuosos learn to give lifelike imitations of the screech owl's eerie, fluty tremolo. Others carry the Audubon Bird Call-a tiny birchwood tube in which they rotate a pewter plunger: it squeaks like crazy. Latest gadget is a 98? plastic "bird" with a trombone slide that can be made to chirp and whistle arpeggios like an amorous cardinal or sing the mournful minor of the white-throated sparrow...
This week Dr. F. E. Williams and D. A. Cusano of General Electric's Research Laboratory demonstrated the first major step toward licking the problem. On a round screen four inches in diameter they projected in ultraviolet light the image of an ordinary photographic slide. It made a yellowish picture (of three G. E. scientists) that was almost too dim to be seen. Then Cusano fed electric current to terminals on the screen. As the voltage gradually increased, the image brightened until it was clearly visible. No contrast or detail of the original was lost. The strength...
Manhattan publishers worried little about any possible loss in prestige. But they were deeply concerned about the continuing slide in profits. Said Daily News President F. M. Flynn, boss of the nation's biggest (circ. 2,039,799) and one of the richest U.S. papers: "Anyone who isn't concerned is living in a dream world...
Because the economy was still shaking from the inflationary impact of the minimum wage decree when Gudin became Finance Minister, he was unable to halt the cruzeiro's slide right away. His immediate aim is to slow down the rate of in flation from the recent 2% a month to a mild 6% a year...