Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Overzealous & Dishonest. But as time went by, a subtle change came over the agricultural pronouncements. Premier Chou En-lai hinted to the National People's Congress that "output for any particular year may be lower than in the previous year." Meanwhile, the kept press began to erupt with nasty comments about local functionaries who had been "overzealous" and even downright dishonest in their estimates of what their farms were yielding. Kwangtung province, for instance, had produced not 34 million tons of grain, as claimed, but only 30. There had been, said the People's Daily, "little...
...years ago; every girl is a starlet. I didn't meet one who didn't claim to have been in Ben Hur." ¶Denmark-"The emphasis is on vaudeville acts. One of the best had a man in an upper berth peering at a girl in a lower as she got ready for bed. They have lots of creative imagination over there. Danish girls are a cross between the English and French, but they're prettier than either." ¶England-"The girls just aren't very sexy. The shows are all in private clubs, and they...
...price average. But Bureau Price Chief H. E. Riley said that the change was an expected seasonal rise that has taken place every year but one since 1947. Though further small rises may take place in the next few months, harvests are expected to lower food prices in the fall...
...gain has been the result of massive diversion of manpower to industry, a regimented movement roughly similar to the voluntary exodus to the cities that took place in the U.S. in the late 19th century. In short, Russia started its industrialization much later and on a much lower base, is naturally growing faster than the more mature U.S. economy...
...steelworkers have to work at incentive pace and on undesirable shifts and normal off-days to achieve that level. What really counts, says the union, is the industry's minimum wage of $2.13 an hour, which is equaled or exceeded by nine major industries and is 11? lower than the auto industry. Besides, steelworkers rarely work a full work year; they have averaged 40 hours a week in only one year in the last 13. ∙ Industry insists that workers do not deserve a raise because their wages have already outrun gains in productivity, which the industry calculates...