Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Furthermore, the issue on which the Quenille cabinet fell was not a crucial one--a stable government could have survived it. The issue was whether or not to lift the anti-inflation wage controls to give a bonus to the lowest income groups, in compensation for rising prices. The inflation in France is considerable, but the country is in relatively good shape in spite of it., thanks to ECA aid and to the initiative of her own industry. Production now equals that in the highest prewar year...
...Leeming injured his foot in practice several weeks ago, the Crimson's record might be somewhat better this season. But if he can return to action against Dartmouth tomorrow, Joe is sure to give the team a lift...
...steel impasse, TIME [Sept. 26] quotes U.S. Steel's Fairless as opposing noncontributory welfare programs as being "at the expense of someone else (i.e., management)" ... and in the next paragraph [you say]: "Such a program would cost the steel industry about $200 million a year and would lift the cost of steel as much...
...events in Asia and the world over are making him reconsider. India's leader could use some U.S. help to lift up his nation. "I am not going to that great and powerful country with a message to teach," he told Bombay officials last week. "I wish to learn what I think will be beneficial to India...
...city, they found that the U. S. Consul General was a Harvard man, and were soon living in luxury at the Consulate. They were taken on guided tours of the city, and after a pleasant stay, they got a free flight back to Tri-zone in an empty air-lift transport. Another Harvard undergraduate with a flair for the lurid spent a weekend with the Salvador Dalis in Spain...