Word: crudely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...imports of silk amounted to $414 millions; of sugar, $369 millions; of coffee, $182 mil lions; of crude rubber, $169 millions, and of wool, $167 millions. In the same period our exports of wheat totaled $192 millions, and of corn $75 millions. In all the above imports, last year's figures exceeded those of 1921-22, while our wheat and corn exports were far under those of the preceding year. Pork and cotton exports showed increases, but they were counterbalanced by the huge increases in all imports...
Petroleum producers and refiners are beginning to recover somewhat from their blue funk of recent months, and to foresee the day, not far distant, when the heavy stocks of crude oil now accumulated through overproduction can be materially decreased. Oil shares on the New York Stock Exchange have experienced a general recovery, and the price of crude petroleum in several fields is likewise showing a rising tendency...
...billion barrels, of which 6 billion barrels have already been extracted. Moreover, the great oil shortage during the war not only induced capital to flow into the petroleum industry, but also greatly improved the efficiency with which engineers and producers discovered and extracted oik The rate of crude oil production has thus been doubled without a substantial increase in drilling operations. These factors naturally led at first to overproduction, low oil prices and depression. But even though this is only temporary, the physical limitation of our ultimate oil supplies will be bound in the long run to curtail surplus production...
Through it all, Miss Binney is her graceful, appealing self, making the most of her comedy parts, and captivating everybody but the insensible hero. She is always a little apart from the slightly crude Warren and Wayne, and the maudlin Gleason; she remains firmly ensconced as the "Perfect Lady...
...basic industries, however, cheerful news is beginning to appear. Oil producers prophesy curtailment of production, and the prices of crude have been raised in some fields. Steel orders are reported in prospect. Agricultural surveys show that the farmer is far from insolvent, excepting in the wheat belt. Cotton planters who managed to grow much cotton are well off, although spinners' takings here show another tendency to decline in fear of a curtailment of consumption...