Word: kraft
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tournament came to a water-logged stop. Rain beat down on Rochester's Oak Hill course. When play was resumed, it was too dark for Ted Bishop, the 1946 champion, to complete his first-round match-and he bowed early next morning to a Denver schoolteacher named John Kraft...
Paper companies, whose expansion had caught up with their worst shortages (e.g., newsprint, kraft paper), also were looking more normal. St. Regis' net was down from $8.7 million to $3.2 million...
...Ohne Kraft. "The camps [in Russia] usually consisted of collections of wooden huts [sheds], which were in a filthy condition and overcrowded . . . Elli said that 18 of the prisoners with her died in one day . . . The women were classified according to their capacity to work . . . They were put in four groups . . . Those in the fourth group, called O.K. (ohne Kraft-without strength), were unfit for anything except cleaning and other chores in the camp...
...Kraft Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., NBC-TV). Operetta: Hansel and Gretel...
Short Cuts. The biggest drain came from luring advertisers into television with cut rates. TV has scored some impressive advertising triumphs. When Kraft Foods Co. plugged one of its lesser-known brands of cheese over TV, dealers in Philadelphia sold out the next day. Such success has brought new advertisers flocking in-their number rose from 243 in June to 495 in October-but at a very heavy price. The standard rate for one network TV hour in New York (exclusive of talent, production, etc.) is $1,000. Telecasters estimate that they need about $3,000 to break even...