Word: gained
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when the CIO textile union balked at letting members step up production with the new machinery, Kahn's firmness took the form of a slowdown strike by management. For two months he stopped hustling for new business, cut production. Says Kahn: "That convinced the union that it would gain more by agreeing to step up output-and it has. While output has doubled, the earnings of our employees have tripled." (Kahn has had but one short strike among his 4,500 employees...
With Brown leading,19 to 0, at the start of the second half, the Crimson offense, working for the first time from the "T", began to gain ground. Paul Murphy spotted Bob Bowles with a 35-yard touchdown pass, and after end Bob Cochran blocked a punt deep in Brown territory, Murphy flipped to Joe Ross for the final Harvard score...
...demand for less spending on rearmament and more on social welfare is tempting to workers, Bevan has succeeded in alienating many of the trade unions--even the radical mine workers have come out against him. According to Beer, "the only real chance for Bevan's left-wing group to gain power would be if Labor was to refuse wage increases to unions...
Thanks to such penny wisdom, second-place Westinghouse is gradually catching up on giant General Electric. In 1951's first half, when G.E.'s profits ($70.3 million) were down 9% in spite of a 34% gain in sales, Westinghouse not only managed to gain 28% in sales but rang up 16% more in profits ($31.5 million). But G.E. does not intend to let Price get too close. He had no sooner announced his expansion last week than G.E. announced a bigger one of its own: $450 million. Between the two, it looked as if the U.S. economy...
Further, the reserves are also good, and should gain enough experience, through this season so that the Little building program will leave a permanent structure. It will not need reconstruction in the near future...