Word: pinching
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...pinch in steel, plus the added demand from EGA, had already put new life in the dying grey market. To spread the steel, some companies planned to cut customers' quotas under the industry's present voluntary rationing, system. Others, convinced that this would not do the job, feared a system of Government allocations by fall...
...only .83 for the week's 5,710,000-share turnover, Wall Street's crystal ball was still as cloudy as ever. This week it was further clouded by a strike of the Big Board and Curb Exchange's A.F.L. floor workers. Members had to pinch-hit at running errands and quoting prices...
That's the way the game stood until the eight, when Bob Moeller singled, stole second and scored on pinch-hitter Wilson's one base knock. This run ended the scoring for the afternoon, and although the Terps threatened in each of the overtime frames, the necessary punch to drive in the winning tally was sadly lacking...
Cliff Crosby continued his heavy hitting of the previous day by cracking out a triple in his one appearance at the plate as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. HARVARD (10) ab h po a e Gannon, lf 5 1 3 0 1 Caulfield, rf 5 3 0 0 0 Kenary, cf 3 1 2 0 1 Coulson, 1b 5 2 1 1 0 Dunn, ss 3 0 1 4 3 Sullivan, 2b 3 0 0 1 0 Huntington, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Coppinger, 3b 2 1 8 1 0 Durant...
...report emphasizes that most of the men affected are already receiving more scholarship aid and doing more part-time work than the group which will not feel the pinch...