Word: hand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cement shell went up. The interior pieces were returned and artisans began a careful job of restoration. Damaged pieces were repaired, regilded where necessary, and, to match the old tints, rubbed by hand until the dull undercoating peeked artistically through. Then they were set into place again, using the 1830 numbers. Cost: more than...
...show starts with a misty-eyed, reminiscent scene of pre-revolutionary Moscow-the small houses and crooked side streets of the Cheryomushki district, near Moscow University. But before this sentimentality can get out of hand, bulldozers move in. All the old decadence is demolished, and a modern housing development rises on the ruins. Construction workers sing at their jobs; new tenants arrive; all is youth and enthusiasm. Friendships grow and love blossoms...
...stands tottering on the brink of something disastrous called "inflation." But does it? The U.S. could indeed have serious inflation if fiscal irresponsibility at Government levels piled up national debts heavier than the economy can absorb. It might also have inflation if the wage spiral got out of hand, or if capacity to produce fell so far short of demand that prices suddenly shot up by 10% or 20%. It will not have "inflation" by any sensible definition of the word so long as the U.S. can manage its debts and prices rise by 1% or 2% each year...
...negotiators hammered out new labor contracts in half a dozen big U.S. industries last week, long-term labor contracts that hand out automatic annual pay boosts came under increasing fire. In this recession year, more than 4,000,000 U.S. industrial workers will pocket automatic increases averaging 8? an hour under contracts signed during the boom years of 1955-56-57; some 4,300,000 U.S. workers will also take home cost-of-living raises averaging 3? to 4? an hour-while industry's earnings are expected to decrease by about $2.5 billion. Businessmen who championed long contracts...
...bargaining sessions require. With a fixed wage pattern, companies can plan ahead years in advance, knowing what their labor bill will be; they are able to guarantee delivery without interruptions. Were it not for long-term contracts in the auto industry, for example, countless auto suppliers would live from hand to mouth, not knowing from one day to the next if they could continue operating. The longer contracts thus make for stability...