Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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General upward pressure beneath the price level has finally become evident in all goods. Basic commodities, always leading the parade have not yet taken the second turn which marks the beginning of the endless circle. Now is the time when waiting out the price tail-chasing will mean security later...
...debate is of a high level, with some of the full-blown rhetoric heard on Capitol Hill, but of a generally higher caliber. The one questionable feature is the degree of democracy possible in a nation in which a strong majority party can have its own way again and again regardless of debate and the merits of the other side...
...extent of the changes in the top level of the Soviet High Command was not yet fully known. However, it was understood that Stalin has carried out a through-going reorganization and that Zhukov is not the only commander to suffer a sudden change in status...
...members of the newspaper's executive board yesterday explained to fellow members of the Business Men's Association that the chief object of the CRIMSON campaign is to convince producers capitalizing on an uncontrolled market that consumers can do without overpriced items until basic commodity prices return to normal level...
Rise in Cotton. Cotton, which had not been under a ceiling, soared as if it had to the highest level in 23 years. On July 1, December cotton futures on the New York Cotton Exchange hit a high of 31.90? a lb. But two days later the market dropped, and prices were not far from where they started. Textile men talked price increases but, in general, did not make them. Reason: cotton cloth output is up 35% over the preWar average, and supply is expected to catch up to demand before the close of 1946. Price boosts may bring...