Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That thin sliver of extra speed cost enormous effort. The P-80R, though designed as a practical military airplane rather than a souped-up racing job, is a refinement of Lockheed's P-80 (Shooting Star). It has a thinner, broader wing, a smaller canopy than the original model. Its Allison 400 turbojet engine develops a take-off thrust of 4,600 Ibs. Half of this tremendous power is soaked up in attaining the last 70 m.p.h...
Furthermore, the bill seemed certain to nullify the antitrust suit against rate agreements of Western railroads now being tried in Lincoln, Neb. Snapped the Louisville Courier-Journal: "It is hard to convince opponents of the bill that it is not an effort to beat the courts to the punch." The bill was the biggest step yet in the trend to free big sections of the economy from antitrust laws...
...motive power for the whole effort will be money, American money, and recent statements envisage amounts running into the tens of billions. These plans must face the scrutiny of a Congress which had a hard time swallowing the British loan, and is constantly tightening its purse strings. Nor will the recent squabbles with the President improve the chances of a program which must be considered administration-inspired, even with a non-partisan Secretary of State at the helm. The proposals will only too likely involve partisan politics, an inescapable danger with 1948 elections already tugging at the parties. Only...
...Asked farmers to continue their "all-out effort" toward greater food production...
...Wage cut of 12½?-an-hour across the board. 4. The first organized effort to cut prices at least 10% across the board was launched by the merchants...