Word: away
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Western Europeans built more than double the number of housing units than the U.S., at a time when U.S. builders were hammering away at a near record 1,350,000 new homes...
...editorial was intended not only to shock the Belgians but to keep African voters away from the polls, since in rural elections so far, voters have been giving heavy support to a large moderate party which Kasavubu contemptuously considers a stooge for the Belgians...
...Butler and Giacometti. A plastic mold of the model is constructed and provided with a system of vents. A wax skin the thickness of the desired bronze is then spread over the inside of the mold, and the core is filled up with plaster. Then the wax is melted away through the vents, and molten bronze poured in. When the bronze cools, the mold is broken away, the vents filed off, and the whole piece polished and colored...
...result of its economic strength, many a European nation felt confident enough to lower some of its trade barriers and chop away red tape. The Common Market (West Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) in its first year was such a resounding success that Britain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Denmark formed their own Outer Seven trading area to enjoy the benefits of mass markets and freer trade. Said a Common Market official in Brussels: "At the start, the politicians were for European unity, and the businessmen were very skeptical. But now it is the businessmen...
...France, the De Gaulle government's equivalent of the Small Business Administration works hard to modernize the small shops, sweep away the prejudices against middle-sized and big entrepreneurs. Says France's Economic Planner Jacques Rueff: "I want to open the windows and let in some air." Even the bankers are loosening up: medium-term credits for business are on the rise, consumer credit is climbing fast. Britain removed its credit restrictions in late 1958 and watched consumer debt jump 50% in 1959; France had no credit to speak of ten years ago, now counts more than...