Word: looser
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Commission and representatives of three other agencies interested in astronautics (not more than one of them in the Defense Department). The measure now goes to conference to iron out differences with a House bill passed early this month, which would create a single space boss, taking advice from a looser 17man committee but not bound to follow...
...German help against France. Britain has refused to join the six-nation, tariff-free European Common Market, but does not want to be shut out of a probable market of 165 million people. Britain would like to be an affiliate (along with ten other European nations) in a looser free-trade area, but as a price for letting the British in, France demands tariff preference throughout the British Commonwealth. Adenauer agreed to help...
...Looser & Stronger. The committee conceded that the industry at first tried to put out effective filters. But when smokers found the cigarettes too weak, "first, the filters were loosened to permit a larger number of smoke particles to get through. Second, the blend was changed to include more of the stronger, heavier-bodied tobaccos." In 1952 P. Lorillard Co. (Kent) designed a filter that let in only i milligram of nicotine, 9 milligrams of tar; unfortunately, the sales did not reflect the effectiveness, and last year, said the committee, Kent's new filter let through double this nicotine...
...royal federation is to be much looser than Nasser's republic. The two monarchs are to keep their individual thrones and sovereign titles. The federation, to be organized within 90 days, is to have one flag, one army, one foreign policy, one foreign service. Both nations will keep their own legislatures. A combined federal legislature will be set up to deal with federal policies, in which Jordan and Iraq will have equal representation. It will sit half the time in Baghdad, half the time in Amman. Though Feisal is designated head of state, "the question of the head...
...LOOSER MORTGAGE MARKET is in sight, and home loans will be easier to get in months to come, say Manhattan bankers. Reasons: demand for other types of credit is slackening, and higher interest rates are boosting savings, making more money available...