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Word: overstocked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whatever the count, it was evident at week's end that Curran & Co. could make a damaging cut in the vital flow of iron ore, coal and limestone to U.S. producers who must overstock before the Lakes freeze. The 70 ships manned by members of the A.F.L.'s Seafarer's International Union sailed as usual-despite one furious fist fight with N.M.U. picketers. But more & more freighters owned by the 24 operators with whom neither the N.M.U. nor the S.I.U. have contracts were tied up in sympathy strikes by their crews as they came to port. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Male Call | 8/26/1946 | See Source »

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