Word: abreast
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...take our chances on U.S. production and merchandising savvy any time against all comers . ." Protective tariffs today heighten the cost of living for the consumer. They cheat the producer of the advantage and necessity of meeting competition in foreign markets . . . Mr. Trippe's decision to keep abreast of the times by purchasing $6,300,000 worth of jet liners from Britain's De Havilland Co. . . . makes possible foreign sale of American goods, which are in demand; they can't be given away or loaned; they must be traded...
...being posed with Captain John Nichols, in the traditional picture. Standing nearby and ready to charge upon the photographers was the probable backfield, John Ederer, Dick Clasby, John Culver, and Gil O'Neil. Meanwhile, a group of linemen was working with Ted Schmitt. They would line up, four abreast, and then charge...
...otherwise enjoyed all benefits. Last week President Gabriel González Videla closed the gap. He signed a bill that gives salaried employees pensions equal to 100% of their pay at 60, plus a benefit that now seems all-important: an escalator clause guaranteed to keep their retirement pay abreast of the cost of living...
Late Tuesday evening, in token of their unity, more than 2,000 delegates and clerical visitors marched slowly, four abreast, bearing candles to the grotto of the Blessed Virgin on the campus. There they chanted the rosary and the litanies of the church to bring the conference to a prayerful end. Said Father Larraona, pleased, "I return to the Vatican with a warm sense of gratitude. I will have many fine things to tell the Holy Father...
...meant unlimited and universal prosperity, the Department of Labor slide rules came up with some dampening figures of their own: in 1950 the average city family earned $4,300 after taxes, an alltime record up to then, yet it had also overspent its income by $400 trying to keep abreast of rising prices and taxes...