Word: costlier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which ?140 million would be accounted for by a cutback in capital investment-schools, hospitals, highways, fuel and power facilities, etc. In addition, residential housing and other building would be cut back by ?70 million. The outlay for education would be trimmed by ?5,000,000, resulting in costlier school lunches (up 1?) and restricted bus service...
...Voted the sliding-scale Anderson plan for support of farm prices, despite a hurried conference called by President Truman to urge costlier and rigid 90% supports. The bill deadlocked in conference with the House, which insisted on extension of 90% support level...
...still had it. Not long ago he sold "new-used" Packards for $200 above list price; now he is getting $800 below list. Among 1949 cars, only the Chevrolet still commanded a premium (about $300) over list price. Many a lot was loaded with heavier, costlier cars, hard to move at any price...
...Which transfers Vari-Typed copy to a zinc plate and then to a rubber roller which prints it, thus eliminating metal type and the costlier flat-bed press which small papers ordinarily...
Though it is costlier, the jet system penetrates as much as 300% deeper than the bullet system. Lane-Wells expects it to bring in a lot of new business. Rejuvenation prospects are so good, in fact, that the company this week begins doubling the size of its overworked machine shop near Los Angeles...