Word: exportations
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Republicans bought half of Harry Truman's ten points without reservation. They agreed to tackle extension of export and transportation controls immediately. When Congress reconvened in January, it would extend rent control for another year, restore consumer credit controls and take action against inflationary bank credit and commodity speculation...
...this week neither Democrats nor Republicans were yet willing to yield another inch. House Republicans brought out a bill including part of what Harry Truman wanted (export and transportation controls) but stressing the Republican program for voluntary action. When the G.O.P. tried to ram it through with a two-thirds voting procedure barring all amendments, a solid Democratic opposition killed the bill-and the probability of any anti-inflation action before Christmas...
...converted toll road to the peak, is gentle and smooth, while two other trails, blazed this year especially for novices, still have tough spots. Mansfield is a steep mountain, home of the Nose Dive, which was once an Olympic downhill run but is new one of the most popular export trails in the East, and, as such, draws skiers with considerable experience...
...tons a week (97.7% of capacity), the highest in peacetime history. Wilfred Sykes, president of Inland Steel Co., predicted that even at present capacity the industry "will be able to balance supply and demand during 1948." Nevertheless, the Department of Commerce played it safe by slapping export controls on 36 more steel products. This brought about 95% of all iron and steel shipped to foreign countries (except Canada) under its licensing system...
Lesson for France. The move was well timed. It came when Italy had surpluses for export (olive oil, wines, glassware). By reducing the cost of Italian products (in terms of other currencies) the government put Italian business in a position where it could sell to the world, and in particular...