Word: amounts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deem restrictive, e.g., amendment of the Clayton Act so as to make labor unions subject, along with business, to monopoly laws. Said a high-ranking Government economist: "In the hands of one man there is the power to withhold all labor from an industry. That's a terrific amount of power...
...relatively easy driving, the winner had covered a record 1,024.4 miles. Second: a lighter (2.9 liters) Maserati driven by England's Stirling Moss and American Expatriate Harry Schell. The D-Jag was third. Index of Performance prize for the car that exceeds theoretical standards by the largest amount went to a perky, eighth-place, 1.5-liter Porsche Spyder...
...Cigarette smoking is indeed a major cause of lung cancer. The risk increases with the amount smoked, averages five to 15 times greater (on half a pack a day or more) than among nonsmokers, is 27 times greater for those who smoke two packs...
...British Thermal Unit-the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of i lb. of water one degree...
...times prevented near fam ine, and $460 million in U.S. aid virtually kept the country solvent. Last week Span ish newspapers were blasting the U.S. for doling out less than the $200 million a year that Spain insists it needs. Actually, Spain will get very close to that amount: about $150 million a year in 1957 and 1958 in direct grants, money to build Air Force bases, and the sale of U.S. surplus food for pesetas that are plowed back into the Spanish economy. Thereafter, the U.S. figures that Spain will need at least $100 million a year for five...