Word: carse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Factory and tenement poured forth their faithful proletarians. No one sang the Ça ira, no one screamed, "à la lanterne!" But horny fists were raised and Marxist throats intoned the Internationale. At Ivry-sur-Seine, across the high road from the south, rose a barrier of cars, trucks and...
The Bayerische Motoren Werke in Eisenach, 50% destroyed by air bombardment, was turning out eight passenger cars a day against a prewar total of 45. August production goal is 250 cars: 200 for Russian reparations, 50 for Soviet and German zonal administration.
China needs credit-and lots of it-from the U.S. She hopes for a billion and a half, on long-range terms, from the World Bank. Beyond the financial helping hand, she needs a large share of the tremendous surplus property owned by the U.S. (particularly ships, trucks, locomotives, freight...
Slightly bigger than the Crosley, Standards have a 90-inch wheelbase, a four-cylinder, eight-horsepower engine (U.S. rating: 28 horsepower), will cruise at 50 m.p.h., get 35 to 40 miles on a gallon of gas. The Standards come in three models, "tourer," "saloon" (sedan) and "drophead coupe" (convertible coupe...
But Fergus Motors will not get rich on Standards. It must pay ?300 ($1,200) for the cars in England, a 10% import duty and a 7% federal tax, besides freight.