Word: bonanzas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ambition as single-track as her own: to become the master of the Comstock Lode. Mackay broke the Bank of California's hold on the land, and the earth's hold on its riches - burrowing 1,200 feet into the lode to uncover the Big Bonanza vein. "By God now that we've made the riffle you're entitled to your share, old lady!'' he cried to Louise...
Reflecting the oil-industry bonanza caused by the Suez Canal's closing, Gulf Oil Corp. reported profits up from $2.43 to $3.20 a share, Texas Co. up from $1.27 to $1.57, Shell Co. up from $1.16 to $1.37, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) up from $1.04 to $1.20. And in the steel industry, where there have been some production cuts, several big companies came in with substantial profit gains. Republic Steel Corp. had the highest first-quarter sales and earnings ($1.81 a share v. 1956's $1.62) in its history. Profits were also up for Bethlehem Steel Corp...
With the return of prosperity. Alberta Social Crediters built a sound, conventional administration. In 1947 the discovery of vast oil deposits provided a new bonanza; the government cashed in handsomely from the sale of exploration and drilling rights, and from production royalties. The cash surplus rapidly outgrew the province's debt. This year Manning's government declared a cash dividend of $22, payable to every adult citizen who has lived five years in the province...
...could keep some people in a precarious living, growing cotton where it cannot be grown economically or efficiently. This would help them continue a struggle in which ultimate defeat is certain." At the same time, notes Fleming, price supports high enough to cover marginal farmers' costs yield a bonanza to the owners of productive land. As for markets, high supports have helped make U.S. cotton so expensive on world markets that foreign production has increased more than 100% since 1930. while domestic production has actually declined. Now, to dispose of surpluses acquired under price supports, the U.S. Government...
...hall makes a striking addition to Edmonton's fast-climbing skyline. Riding a surge of prosperity that began when U.S. servicemen poured north in World War II to man the land route to Alaska and the air route to the Soviet Union, the city tapped a far richer bonanza in the oil boom that blew in ten years ago and gets bigger every year...