Word: oils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...illiterate "soldiers" at a few hours's notice. There would be a big parade, then speakers would mount a platform in the plaza and call for cheers - cheers for Christ the King, cheers for the Virgin of Guadalupe. When the speaker shouted: "Who robs Mexico of its oil?" the crowd would answer: "The U.S." "Who takes the products of Mexico's mines?" "The U.S." "Who keeps Mexico poor?" "The U.S." For a long time the semi-fascist, ultra-nationalist Sinarquistas had spent most of their energies on religious revivalism and vague talk of a corporate state based...
...economy last week felt a strong new shot of inflation. The prospect of higher prices and steady profits-and the announcement of Air Force and Navy orders (see Aviation)-pushed the bull market to a new high. The parade was led by oil and aircraft stocks, notably Grumman, which felt prosperous enough to declare a 100% stock distribution (the stock rose five points in two days). The Dow-Jones industrial average...
Another important Antitrust case went the other way last week. The case involved "exclusive dealer contracts" between Standard Oil Co. of California and some 7,000 independent gas stations, binding the dealers to sell only products made or sponsored by the oil company...
Since many U.S. oil companies have similar contracts, Antitrust predicted that the decision, if upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, would force a reorganization of the oil industry's entire marketing setup...
Dunkirk harbor was a shambles of "twisted steel and broken concrete . . . battered quays . . . flaring oil tanks . . . a long channel already littered with ships burning, ships sunk, ships stranded." Shells poured in from long-range German artillery, bombs fell constantly, German E-boats dashed in from nearby waters and added disruption to confusion. The 39 British destroyers (which took off 103,399 soldiers) threw open their precious watertight doors to make more room, served simultaneously as carriers, leaders, patrollers, defenders against aircraft-and hazards to smaller craft. Turning and twisting at high speed to avoid bombs, their roaring wash flooded...