Word: fewer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Coming in the role of peacemaker in March, Governor Luther H. Hodges, himself a onetime textile executive, helped to achieve a settlement, publicly accused Cooper of "misleading" him when the settlement blew up. In May, behind the bayonets of 300 National Guardsmen, the mills resumed three-shift production, with fewer than 100 union members at work...
...research had overlooked completely. Edsel's styling, in particular the grille, which resembled an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon, was not much help, even after the lemon was removed. In its first six months Edsel made 54,600 cars, and then went steadily downward: 26,500 cars in 1958, fewer than 30,000 cars so far in boom-time...
...businessman gives away some samples of his product, but few can match Joyce Clyde Hall, 68, founder and president of Hallmark greeting cards. Some time in the next few days. Hall will choose a Christmas card from this year's Hallmark line and send it to no fewer than 6,000 friends and acquaintances. He can afford it. Over the past 50 years, Hallmark has grown into the goliath of the greeting card business, producing 4,000,000 copies of 11,000 different cards each day for sale through 22,000 retailers in four countries. Hallmark's gross...
...fewer than four U.S. automakers, Willys, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors, are scrambling for shares of the growing auto market. G.M.'s Holden subsidiary began in 1948 to produce a small car for Aussie markets, sells 100,000 units annually and posted a profit last year of $34 million. National Dairy Products Corp. this year spent $1,600,000 on new plant, was able to declare a $1,800,000 profit, which covered its entire new investment. The story is the same for Cleveland's Lincoln Electric Co., which has nailed down 50% of the market for heavy...
...play was on its way to being a great hit--proof that the public appreciates exceptional merit." (Earlier in the same issue on "the glittering, gossamer world of American entertainment," it had been reported that the country spends $125 million a year on rock-and-roll records, supports no fewer than 3500 disk jockeys, and has bought 30 million Elvis Presley records alone--but Life refrained from speculating on what was "proved" about "the public" in this instance...