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Word: costes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unusually nervous, although the Squalus had not passed the testing stage and only two weeks before had been stranded under water for an hour with a fouled blowout valve. Newest and one of the finest of the Navy's submarines (she was commissioned in March, cost $5,000,000 to build), the Squalus was named for the dogfish, which dives fast and swims deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Heroes: Dead Dogfish | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...Early in May, in a recorded broadcast, President Roosevelt reminded listeners to 150 U. S local stations: "Aside from some financial as sistance, in the form of less-than-cost posta rates, the Government has supported the press chiefly by protecting its freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: FCC Rules the Waves | 6/5/1939 | See Source »

...Consolidated Oil Corp., Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair last week declared: "Either one of two things must happen. The price of finished products must go up or the price of raw material go down. I do not believe that this industry can continue to sell its finished products below the cost of raw materials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETROLEUM: One of Two Things | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...cents a gallon less than they did last year. Crude production, however, has been kept within reasonable bounds by State proration laws and the official price is comparatively high. Consequently, the spread between the prices of crude oil and of gasoline is not enough to meet the cost of refining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PETROLEUM: One of Two Things | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...answer was the new 167, a sleek, mid-wing job. Most expensive of Martin's war babies, the first one cost $882,000 before its tests were completed. Last January, while Douglas was under scrutiny in the Senate for showing its new attack bomber to France before the U. S. had a crack at it-by and with the consent of President Roosevelt-Martin calmly went ahead with his order of 1675 for France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Kites to Bombers | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

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