Word: expand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...nevertheless, a milestone in Westinghouse's progress in the engine field. Westinghouse, which was' the first company to produce an American-designed jet engine in World War II, now also supplies the engines which power several Navy fighters. President Gwilym Price has poured on the coal to expand Westinghouse, not only in jets but in other propulsion fields. Among them: gas turbines (for locomotives), atomic power (for submarines and supercarriers), marine engines (for the superliner United States and Arctic icebreakers). As a result of Price's efforts, enginemaking is now 20% of Westinghouse's business...
...sound hardhearted, that's something those countries have to work out for themselves." Canada, he added, expects countries like India and Pakistan to have deficits ("You can't tighten a belt over a shrunken belly"). But Australia, for example, has made mistakes ("They tried to expand too fast and lived beyond their means"). His advice for Australia, and also for Britain: "They can reduce the demand on their resources or they can increase their output . . . produce more or use less at home . . . find more things to export so they can find the money with which to import...
...World War II years, Kiewit bossed or shared more than $300 million of Government contracts, ranging from Army camps in Washington, Colorado and Oregon to landing fields along the Alcan Highway. At war's end, when crapehang-ers were again crying Depression, Kiewit made his second decision to expand, since then has bought an armored division of modern equipment. His 1,000 trucks, 350 tractors and 80 power shovels, etc., have a replacement value of $20 million. He kept a big staff of specialists and workers, including more than 100 engineers under Vice President and Right-Hand-Man Walter...
...time had come for expansion. Merck & Co. concluded that the way for the U.S. drug industry to expand was through all-out research. It was a proud day for Merck in 1933 when the company's new and enlarged labs (part for pure research, part for applied) were dedicated. It was the right time for labs. Research chemists were already opening four new medical frontiers, and Merck has been among the first to cross all of them...
Snug Socks. In New York City, Esquire Socks introduced one-size nylon Expand-O socks which it claims will fit any man's feet. The nylon fiber is made by a secret process that gives it an elastic quality, permits the socks to expand evenly so that they do not cramp the feet. Price: $1.50 a pair...