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Word: notted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rosy Future. Actually, in a free and once more competitive economy, Big Steel had a perfect right to raise its prices. But with the steel shortage over, it might not get away with it. Big Steel's customers certainly would not like the $80 million-a-year increase in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No. 4 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Could the price rise be justified by higher costs? Two freight-rate increases had boosted the cost of steel's raw materials; another boost in coal prices was in prospect. But scrap, which is a major cost in making steel, was selling at an average of only $27.25 a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No. 4 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Kurth's fondest dream was to convert Southern yellow pine, not good for finished building purposes, into newsprint. Not until the mid-'30s when a method of controlling the pitch content in pine pulp was discovered, was he convinced that it could be done. Then he had to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Mister East Texas | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Many London merchants sold their gems not at the pegged pound rate, but for cheaper pounds in the free money market in Tangier, thereby losing Britain many dollars. But the dealers had little choice. If they had sold their gems at the official rate, Dutch and Belgian dealers would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Bargains in Tangier | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Newsmen seeking confirmation and comment searched in vain for Ingrid's husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom, who has not seen her, except for a grim two-day visit, since she went to Italy in March to make a "different" movie. "Lolly" Parsons' story was two days old before anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Act of God | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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