Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...behind the leaders who brought them through the depression and crises of organization, and the employers who have found the teamsters a solid if difficult union with which to do business have not moved for a revolution which might bring in the unpredictable. The little businessmen who have been hit by the thuggery and extortion which comes so easily into a craft union like the teamsters are almost powerless to do anything...
...beginner. Public Relations Man Carter succeeded pretty well. After the bureaucracy-wise Washington Daily News sniffed out the story, both he and his father hit newspapers and TV stations all over the country-including the ones back home. The Des Moines Register, for example, allowed dryly that "lowans will fully appreciate how quickly Congressman Carter is becoming adjusted to the Washington style of doing things...
...certain competitive advantages. While other distributors sold top-label records for 65? apiece, Lormar offered a cut rate of 55?. Eventually buyers discovered that the records had been pirated from genuine big-name platters and counterfeited in Cincinnati down to the color and code numbers of the label. Top hit on the counterfeit parade: You Can Make It If You Try, with 86,000 bogus copies in circulation...
...market was almost there a month ago, but fell back. At that time it had hit 601.74 on an intraday basis, then retreated to the 590s. The quick push-pull led the experts to talk about the possibility of a sharp selloff ahead, of "technical corrections," "testing lows," etc., etc. After that, it did indeed slip some 30 points. But it resumed its climb, with hardly a thought to the worriers...
...salutary effect of a new drive for efficiency and productivity. A few years ago, declining sales usually meant a decline in profits. But now many a company can post smart profits even when sales dip. Goodyear Tire & Rubber was down 3.8% in sales for 1958, yet managed to hit record profits, up 2% to $6.08 per share. After a poor third quarter, Reynolds Metals did so well in the last quarter that it actually increased its full-year earnings slightly, to $3.25 per share. Du Pont had the best fourth quarter in three years, with profits 20% better than...