Word: pack
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very much like it." A businessman, when Sherry visited his home, proudly showed a collection of American neckties. In some circles, it is a mark of distinction and a sure way to social acceptance to carry American cigarettes, available on the black market at some 60? a pack...
...pound of meat cost 3.5 marks, a pack of cigarettes 2 marks, an overcoat 200 marks. The fact that he and other workers could not buy at high prices has gradually halted the trade spurt created in 1947 when Western Germany's Economic Director Ludwig Erhard removed many governmental price-fixing and other controls. Erhard, however, did not remove private controls exercised by more than 2,000 German trade associations. The associations have kept prices high to get all the profits they can. The associations tell the shopkeeper how much to charge. If he disobeys, the association...
...hydrogen isotopes are thin gases and hard to package, so they will probably be used in the form of chemical compounds. Lithium hydride, which may combine two desirable ingredients (lithium and tritium) in a single compound, would be handy for this purpose. Other tricks will be used to pack more hydrogen isotopes closely around the uranium...
...fight for the lead. But as the field jostled into the first of the high-banked turns, Gehrmann's red jersey was in front; it stayed there. He ran the first quarter in a brisk 59.3, the second in a slow 64.8. Wilt toiled calmly along in the pack...
...brought into the Chicago court 73 witnesses and 1,000 documents in an attempt to prove that Tucker and associates had used $28 million raised in sales of stock and dealer franchises "for [their own] personal benefit and profit." The advertising of the Tucker Corp. was called a "pack of lies." None of the 34 cars made, said Govern" ment attorneys, had contained any of the revolutionary mechanical features mentioned...