Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there was ample foundation for the belief that Young Henry would make the U.A.W. an ample offer. Young Henry wants more than anything else to make Ford first in automobiles. He also has a strong leaning toward his grandfather's tradition of high wages and low prices. If he could beat other motor manufacturers to the draw with a U.A.W. wage settlement, he might well be away out in front in the great race to feed the hungry market for new motorcars...
...savage scenes. A Chinese woman, who had seen her baby bayoneted, stared at Yamashita from the stand, cried: "That Jap is to blame. He's got to be killed to pay for what he's done!" A slim Filipino girl halted her testimony, cried in a low, tense voice: "You still have the face to look at me, Yamashita. If I could only get near you. You ought to be cut to pieces...
Betancourt and his seven-man junta promised to step down when a new President is chosen by popular vote next spring. Meantime they were busy with plans to turn the income from Venezuela's fabulous oil wealth to the people's account through low-cost housing and better social security, and to weed out the grafters from previous regimes...
Eight Bells & Books. Junior's plebe year ("suck up your gut and pull in your chin") was hard going. Low marks made him double up on some courses, and all but forget football. Sometimes too weary to open a book at night, he would hit the hay at 8, set his alarm for a chilly...
Anticipating a protest from dealers, Bowles explained that the auto retailers' prewar mark-up of 22-25% on cars was cut to 12-13% by losses on high trade-in allowances. For the next few years Bowles thought that dealers would be able to keep trade-in allowances low. Thus they could get along with a smaller new car markup, more than make up any difference by greater volume. Last week the Ford Co. added weight to Bowles's argument. It announced that it already has orders for 300,000 cars...