Word: intendment
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...that the U.S. is in the midst of a major change in foreign policy. The outflow of dollars from the U.S. would exceed the inflow by some $4 billion this year; the end of the Marshall Plan period of unrestricted overseas spending had come. No, the U.S. did not intend to cut out foreign aid where it was needed, nor to retreat into "Buy American" protectionism, nor to cut dangerously its overseas military forces. But it might have to do all these things if such industrially strong nations as West Germany, Britain and Japan did not take over part...
Such practices make railroads the most egregiously featherbedded industry in the U.S. Not all examples are so flagrant, but the railroads declare that featherbedding costs them $500 million a year. Now, in the middle of negotiating new contracts, the roads have served notice that they intend to replace the feathers with some spine-stiffening substitutes -at the risk of a strike...
Along with most of the arts in France, the cinema spent a long postwar period in the doldrums. But when De Gaulle came to power, his government announced that it did not intend to send good screen subsidies after the same old bad ideas. Reluctantly, French film producers, who are at least as conservative as their Hollywood cousins, agreed to try for something new and different. But would the public like...
...with pre-professional courses, but rather use his time to study such fields as music, literature, and mathematics. If a student does do graduate work later in economics he will have no trouble picking up whatever advanced analytic tools he needs at that time, while if he does not intend to do so there is no sense in wasting his time with a lot of specialized technique, this bloc maintains...
...dealing with puts and calls is much less. These are the people who make options available from the stocks in their portfolios. To find them, Filer, Schmidt and the nation's 20 other put and call dealers turn to investment trusts, pension funds and individual portfolio holders who intend to hold their stock for long periods. For selling a put or call the stockholder receives a premium ranging from $112.50 on 100 shares and up, depending on the price of the stock and length of the option. Usually those who sell puts and calls offer them at different prices...