Word: broking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...frictions of reconversion as well as by collective bargaining breakdowns) has obscured the realities of the boom. First-quarter reports on corporate profits, compiled by the Department of Commerce, revealed that in some industries, as the Department's "Survey of Current Business" (June, 1946) put it, "production and sales broke all previous records and, with the elimination of the excess profits tax and some reduction in other corporate levies, it was almost inevitable that net earnings would reach now highs...
...storm broke in Hobbies, a magazine devoted to the delights of private boondoggling. A recent issue included a report on a new sport-mouseboat racing -the invention of a ten-year-old anonymous moppet. Necessary paraphernalia: 18-inch racing boats, mice, a bathtub or pond. In racing, the mice propel the boats by walking a treadmill attached to a small paddle wheel. Said Hobbies: "No cruelty is imposed on the creature since experience shows that mice derive much enjoyment from their wheel-turning activity...
Last week another water famine caused a trackside crisis. Santiago's aqueduct broke down, cutting off the water supply for 1,200,000 people, and leaving the Hipódromo without water to develop pictures of a photo finish. Track authorities saved the day. They developed the films in Coca-Cola...
...July, there was not even a serious contender for Armed's title. Then a patched-up cripple, Lucky Draw, scooted around the Jamaica track in record time, carrying a fluffy 105 Ibs. Said the experts: "Wait until they put some weight on him." They did, and Lucky Draw broke three more records...
Reconstruction of the Lovell Hospital buildings at Devens into 400 family units, the plan which largely broke the back of the Administration's difficulties, has been summaried thus...