Word: levell
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Western Europe's output from mines and factories was up to prewar level and 14% above 1947. Exports were up 20% over last year's. Electric power output and freight traffic, despite all of war's dislocations, were now far above prewar levels. Said Hoffman: "This is the time to hit hard for European recovery-time for the Europeans to take drastic and sometimes painful steps necessary for real recovery, time for the U.S. to back their efforts to the full...
...United Church of Christ is, according to the terms of the merger, up to them. Following good Congregational practice, all must vote individually whether to change names, merge congregations, or just go along as though nothing had happened. The two denominations will definitely become one only on the national level, in their programs for Home Missions, Foreign Missions, Christian Education and Social Action...
When the pilot is lying down, his blood tends to stay put because most of his body is on the same level. Air Force doctors have proved that a pilot in the prone position bed can take from ten to twelve "Gs"* of centrifugal force without blacking out. Four and one half Gs is about all a sitting pilot can take without a cumbersome G-suit...
Farmers and traders, who had thought that grain prices had hit bottom because they were at Government-support levels, were fooled; the artificial props could not support the weight of the glut. For various reasons, including lack of storage space, farmers had been forced to sell below support levels. Cash corn was down 36? below the support level; September wheat, 19?. Said one trader: "It looks as if the Government may have bitten off more than it can chew...
...Meat. All this meant a still bigger drop in the cost of living, which was precisely what the U.S. consumer had been hollering for. Hogs slumped to within 50? of the OPA level. Cattle worth $28.50 a hundredweight a week ago dropped to $24.50. Retail meat prices came down another 2? to 4?, chain stores trimmed egg prices 6?, wholesale soap came down 6%. Whether meat would continue the fast drop was questionable. Thousands of sheep & cattle had already died in the blizzards on the rangelands, though ranchers were desperately bulldozing paths through the snow to get their animals...