Word: milles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Critics of the present system, under which there are basing points scattered through the land, have sought to replace it with an "F.O.B. mill" formula, whereby the customer would pay the actual freight charges. The industry contends the basing point setup is virtually F.O.B. mill. Steelmen were also quick to point out that they had been using the present system since 1924, when FTC outlawed the "Pittsburgh plus" system, which made Pittsburgh the basing point for the whole country. They suspected aloud that all the sudden hollering was just a political maneuver to take housewives' minds off high prices...
Virtually the entire British commercial community was staying. With a capital stake estimated at four to six billion dollars, British tea planters in Assam, jute mill owners in Calcutta, heads of shipping and insurance companies in Bombay preferred the dozens of servants and the abundant food to the prospect of doing business in the deepening drabness of postwar Britain...
When Tom Blower looks at the sea, every wave seems to be flinging a challenge at him. In 1937 Tom, who is a strapping Nottingham mill hand, answered by swimming the English Channel in 13 hours 29 minutes, the fourth best time on record. That was not enough for Tom. No man had ever swum the Irish Sea; he decided to be the first...
Exactly nine days after President Truman asked them to "wait and see" before raising their prices, steelmakers got tired of waiting. The American Rolling Mill Co. was the first to act; it boosted its prices as much as $7 a ton. Next day Republic Steel Corp., third largest U.S. producer, boosted its prices $5 to $8. The same day, National Steel Corp. raised prices an average of $5.25 a ton. The following day, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. joined the move with raises of $6 to $7 a ton. The raises, on the whole, were much larger than anyone had expected...
IHOFA exhibits all the essentials of the standard Hollywood production line model--boy, girl, and rocky road to romance, satisfactorily traversed. But a well turned plot and some fine acting by Victor Moore distinguish it from the run of the mill and transform it into entertainment that will please even the cinematic gourmet...