Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...also makes obvious how much a luxury good modernism remains. Many of the buildings in the book are obviously pleasure domes of great expense. All of the buildings imply the services of a modern architect, beyond the reach of ordinary pocketbooks except in the case of a few new low-cost housing developments. Modern architecture for the general public still waits for public taste to demand it from reactionary building contractors and building-trade unions...
These rumors and their variations spurred boardroom sitters to action in brokerage offices throughout the U.S. Their buying huffed low-priced motor shares into new high ground, made them the most active on the Exchange. The rumors blew Graham-Paige before the steely eyes of the SEC, which already, like thousands of small speculators, was asking, "What goes...
Other airline operators, as usual, were less optimistic. Privately they groused that Pan Am's plans were a "pipe dream," that the rates were much too low. They pointed out that CAB opens hearings Sept. 18 on applications of some dozen other U.S. airlines and steamship lines for Latin American routes to cut into Pan Am's virtual monopoly; that Operator Trippe may be merely trying to choke them off before the hearings even start...
...Fishers soon earned a reputation for craftsmanship at low prices. They added a reputation as good men to work for. They paid high wages, spent more time with the men in the shop than at their executive desks. (Alfred often shot craps at noon hour under a sign sternly warning that the management forbade gambling on the premises...
Threat, Kindness, Shop Talk. With this piece of information-and Williams' hint that low-level bombing is the unit's specialty-the prison camp's commandant quickly calls the bluff of a cocky U.S. technical sergeant who has lied to him about the unit number, base and other matters. The commandant follows up by threatening to shoot Captain Spencer unless the surprised sergeant spills some more. The sergeant spills. In another part of the camp, another sergeant is getting the reverse treatment: after a scary but harmless session in a hotbox cell, he is lured into blabbing...