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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Both Boccioni and the Futurist movement died in World War I, but not the idea of breaking with the musty past. That persisted even during the Fascist passion for neoclassicism. Last week, visitors at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art were getting their first good look at what the Italians had been up to all those years...
...construction industry was coming back to life. In June, the Department of Commerce reported, total new construction topped the June 1948 figure by $294,000,000; for the first half of 1949, it stood at $8,453,000,00, an alltime record...
Even as the economy showed signs of getting its second wind, a new threat arose-the possibility of the first serious wave of strikes since 1947. Now, as then, the test would come in the nation's two biggest industries, steel and autos. In both, the C.I.O. was already threatening to strike to get a fourth round of wage boosts...
March 31, v. an operating loss of $16 million for the previous year. In the last three months, traffic had picked up so much that many an airline (e.g., American, United, Capital and Western) which had losses in 1949's first quarter thought it had earned enough in the second quarter to wipe them out and show a profit besides. American, for example, might well show a net of close to $3,000,000 for the first six months, more than enough to offset its entire 1948 loss...
...inducements to lure even more travelers' dollars. Last week, Scandinavian Airlines announced that its Stockholm-bound passengers could stop over in Glasgow, London or Paris for as long as they liked, at no extra charge. American Overseas Airlines, which is now taking U.S. tourists into Germany for the first time since the war, offered a choice of ten "packaged" European tours at a cost of $8 to $18 per day (including meals, hotel, tips, sightseeing, etc.) above plane fare. British Overseas Airways Corp. was pushing a round-the-world trip via Australasia for $1,886 ($93.70 below its regular...