Word: built
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week the Tory government moved gingerly to tackle Pardoe's problem. It published its "Restrictive Trade Practices Bill," which in theory strikes down the intricate system of price fixing, market sharing and clubby restraints ("I won't produce more if you won't") that has been built up to shield British producers and sellers from the uncertainties of competition. The new bill was only a feeble imitation of U.S. antitrust legislation. And it had one gaping loophole-any "restraint" could continue if it was found "reasonably necessary" for such reasons as "maintenance of employment" or "the protection...
Colombia (pop. 12,650,000). President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla presides over a country that is politically in a state of siege and emotionally in a state of shock. Although he has built up the country (see below), he has let a quick temper lead him into harsh police-state methods (TIME, Feb. 20) and an unmatched record as a newspaper-killer. The betting is that, one way or another...
...seemed like the winter Olympics all over again. For the world championships, figure skaters had moved to the big ice stadium built by Adolf Hitler at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps. Colorado's Hayes Jenkins repeated his Cortina victory; when the women finished their school figures. Defending Champion Tenley Albright seemed to have a slight lead over Long Island's Carol Heiss, just as she had had in the Olympics. The "Skating Mothers" were still on hand, still complaining about accommodations, still intent on a family triumph...
...cost: $9,500) was not built for such frivolity. The military uses are obvious. Blacked-out cities, whose warmth cannot be eliminated, will stand out conspicuously on Eva's screen. An underground factory will be betrayed by heat rising from...
...machines get more complicated, quick-acting and violent, they are more prone to self-destruction if something goes wrong. Some nuclear reactors, for instance, can turn into radioactive junk in a fraction of a second. To avoid such misadventures, most modern mechanical and electronic systems are equipped with built-in monitors that watch their operation and shut them down promptly at the first sign of trouble. But if a vacuum tube or relay in the monitor fails, the main machine is like a building whose night watchman has dropped dead. Trouble can start and get out of hand with...