Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week all Parisian newspapers were permitted to increase to four pages, and to double their price (to about three cents). For some of the postwar hopefuls, born of adversity, this meant the biggest crisis of all: they had survived the worst days of short newsprint when expenses were low and they did not need large (or too competent) staffs. Now the competition would be stiffer. Gossip was that at least six of the dailies would be lucky to survive the coming year...
...popular success. Said Fair Secretary Lloyd Cunningham: "The whole Fair Board was tired of being kidded about that picture. It was an insult to our pioneer Iowa farmers. It made them look coconut-headed, barrel-necked and low-browed...
...housing area of 400 units in Fort Devens is expected to aid the project considerably. The increased cost of transportation and inconvenience of this locality will be balanced by low rentals and the proximity to shopping and recreational centers The transportation companies have been most cooperative, even to the extent of offering special cars and buses if they are needed...
...already closed down some ten high-cost synthetic plants, had planned eventually to shut down about two-thirds of the industry. But as long as the natural rubber price stays where it is, the U.S. will be able to keep the bulk of its low-cost synthetic rubber plants in operation...
Suspense (Monogram) has trouble deciding whether it is a murder thriller or an ice-skating extravaganza. It is chiefly notable as the first $1,000,000 production ever made by Monogram, a studio that normally specializes on low-budget quickies...