Word: crude
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...crude sprinkling of society functions, jazz-parties and glimpses into Apache-dens of Paris fail to help this mediocre picture...
...Roberts is a Bolshevikophobe. That is to say, he hates Bolshevism, which is not surprising. He likes the clean-cut, antibureaucratic efficiency of Fascismo. The prejudices are based not upon concrete reasoning but upon temperamental predilections. The sober, nude, crude truth is that a partisan book cannot maintain itself on nebulous foundations of sentiment. Because the author has tried to do this, his book has fallen short of being first-class...
...magnitude. He attacked a monster group-some 50 Standard Oil and other oil companies, charging restraint of trade under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. He also asked for injunctions to stop alleged illegal procedure. The case was brought in regard to the "cracking" process for petroleum. In refining crude oil, gasoline is taken off by distillation. But on account of the great demand for gasoline, more of it is obtained by subjecting the residue of heavier oil to heat and pressure. Under this pressure, some of the heavier oil "cracks;" that is, breaks up into lighter, more volatile gasoline...
...collapse of rubber prices was serious to Britain, who has large investments in rubber plantations. Thus, when the "Stevenson Scheme" to raise and maintain rubber prices by curtailed production was announced, the British entered into it with enthusiasm, although different interests failed to agree to the price at which crude rubber should be held...
...Comment, crude and rude, veiled and disguised, made it evident that Europe was pleased that the French Premier was M. Herriot and not M. Poincaré as had at first been arranged (TIME, May 19). In Belgium, Germany, Central Europe, France, Italy and Britain, the greatest hope was expressed for a happy outcome to the conference; for it was felt that the Experts' Report lay in the balance. It was no overstatement to remark that the Report could not be successfully put into operation unless there was unanimity of opinion between France and Britain...