Word: market
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whom were visiting the U.S. for the first time-the President extended an invitation to "see all you can of our country . . . You will not be pleased with everything you see. Neither are we. But you will see us as we are." Repeating his favorite theme that a "free market economy . . . can outproduce any other kind of economy known to man," Ike left the I.C.C. meeting with a succinct reminder: "The old saying was that 'Trade follows the flag.' But the flag of which I speak is an international banner-that of freedom and peace...
COPPER STOCKPILES, which Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization talked of selling, thus upsetting market, will not be sold, because of opposition by Western Senators...
...fortnight later to 45⅛. Nobody had the courage to ask management for an explanation, until Peter spoke up: "Why did General Development stock rise so fast and then drop so fast?" President Frank Mackle pleaded embarrassed ignorance: "Son, I don't know too much about the stock market. It goes up and down. My son asked me the same question, and I couldn't answer...
...with the plum in his hand. Puerto Rico had been granted commonwealth status. As Tugwell later explained it, "What Commonwealth meant was that there were arrangements between two equals, mutually satisfactory, which both desired to maintain. Munoz explains it in more concrete terms, "We have in common: citizenship, defense, market, international relations and currency...
During the first quarter of 1959, Cessna sold more airplanes (958) than the rest of the Big Four manufacturers (Beech, Piper, Aero) together. Today Cessna accounts for 53.9% of this market. This fall Cessna, which now manufactures seven private planes ranging in price from $7,000 to $60,000, will introduce an eighth, the Cessna 210, in hopes of grabbing an even bigger share of the market. The 210 is the first high-wing, single-engine private craft with a retractable landing gear. It cruises at 190 m.p.h. Price: about...