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...system has become so complex and overburdened that the backlog of applications has risen to 200,000, and the average patent now takes at least 3½ years to struggle through the maze...
...more amazing because the rest of the world's shipyards are suffering from a lack of new orders. Such a lion's share of the business is going to Japan that it now has shipbuilding orders for 4,000,000 gross tons worth $750 million-a backlog big enough to keep its yards working for two years. How did Japan corner 27% of the world's ship construction?* Because steel and labor are cheap in Japan, Japanese shipbuilders are able to sell tankers and freighters for 30% less than the U.S. and 15% less than the Europeans...
Regardless of the scores, today's games in New Haven and Princeton undoubtedly will add immeasurably to the already considerable backlog of Ivy League lore. Sports writers consistently remind their readers these days that "the reverent no longer uncover at the mention of the Harvard captain's name" and that the All-America team is not determined by the Crimson-Blue confrontation...
...warehouses. In the normal supply-and-demand world, a bad crop should make prices go up. But under the new quotas drawn up by the 48-nation International Coffee Council, Brazil can export no more than 18 million sacks a year, and has so much coffee in its big backlog that there is no reason why a cup of coffee should cost more...
...more than 50% since last October. They briefly touched a seven-year peak last week. Because of the economy's general strength, the Association of American Railroads predicts that carloadings in this year's third quarter will rise 3% over the same period a year ago. The backlog of orders for new freight cars has jumped from 14,000 in mid-1962 to 23,000 in mid-1963. Newly liberalized depreciation allowances have helped to increase profits and dividends so far this year for major lines, including the Southern Pacific, the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, and the Northern Pacific...