Word: killinger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What it seemed to boil down to was fear of what the landlord, the butcher, the baker-the other fellow-was going to do. Maybe everybody would now try to make a killing. And then again, maybe he wouldn't. The U.S. people, at bottom, have a great deal...
The man responsible for this notable advance is a 45-year-old, twinkling professor with a scientific slouch, a strong French accent and gestures. He came to the U.S. in 1924, at Rutgers completed the training he began in Paris. The TB culture may or may not be his greatest...
Airmen doubted whether American itself could make any money carrying freight at 11? a ton mile. American claimed it could, if it got enough business. But most airmen thought that American was less interested in profits now than in killing off competition.
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No one doubted that closer control of nonscheduled flying was needed. But too drastic control would almost certainly choke off new competition altogether. Nonscheduled carriers grumbled that the CAB was killing a vigorous young industry in order to protect the monopoly of the established lines. Snapped Sigfried Samuelsson, executive vice...