Word: coste
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...promising possibilities" for averting such catastrophe. The hydrogen death rate, said the subcommittee, would drop dramatically in proportion to the strength of a civil defense system of blast and fallout shelters (see chart), now virtually nonexistent. With reasonable time to evacuate, a complete shelter system might cut the death cost to 3%. Other practical steps, e.g., sheltering mothballed machine tools and moving key industrial plants underground, might help U.S. industry return to normal within a decade...
...problem is an economy dragged downward by the Rojas regime's extravagance and the estimated $70 million sag in coffee income this year. The junta made a start by imposing what Colombian businessmen call "organized recession," including severe import restrictions on everything from toothpaste to typewriters. The cost of living is still climbing at a rate of 20% a year, and Lleras warns that if coffee prices are not stabilized, "this country may explode...
Although corporate bonds were holding up much better than Governments (see chart), the sharp decline in U.S. bonds was pushing up the cost of money for Sears and other prospective private borrowers. As the price of Government bonds fell, their yields rose sharply. Last week a recent issue of long-term Government bonds paying a coupon rate of 3¼% was actually yielding more than 3⅝%. A recent issue of relatively short-term bonds with a 2⅝% coupon was yielding...
...this year's first quarter, executives publicly blamed glum weather, privately pointed to the Genet administration. Few of Genet's ideas had generated cash. He unleashed Greyhound's first broad public-relations drive, plugging the theme that bus riding can be classy and comfortable. The campaign cost millions, but, grumbled Vice President Adam P. Sledz, "it produced nothing of a tangible nature." Genet's greatest misadventure was Greyhound Rent-A-Car, Inc. Started 2½ years ago, it still rides in the red. Last week Genet, 48, resigned under pressure...
...more new equipment than has been ordered by any other airline in the world. Smith also sprang a new financing idea for planes: instead of buying the jet engines for the planes, the line will lease them from the manufacturers, save itself $80 million in initial cost...