Word: plantes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...factors with which military men deal, the U.S., plus its allies, would be clearly much stronger than Russia plus its allies. There are, however, imponderables in the equation. A Communist in a Chinese radio station might think up a political slogan worth six aircraft carriers or a large steel plant. The relative superiority of the U.S., while certain by military standards, is only probable by overall strategic standards. A sane Communist could conclude that Russia's strength equals or surpasses that...
Caltex has already been supplying about 30% of Spain's oil needs with crude oil shipped from the Persian Gulf wells of its co-subsidiary, the Arabian American Oil Co. With the new plant, Caltex would refine 15,000 to 20,000 barrels daily of Aramco oil at Cartagena...
...Royal Little agreed to continue his sheetmaking department (which employs 1,000 of his 3,500 workers) "as long as it remains profitable." Little also picked up some ammunition for his case against New England's easygoing textile workers. When he offered to keep the entire plant open if the workers would accept a heavier work load and increase production, the C.I.O. Textile Workers Union called the proposal an insult...
...others would rule that a majority of the plant approve any strike vote and force unions to elect officers annually...
...effect, Little blamed the New Englanders for their troubles. Since 1921, he said, no new textile mill has been built in New England and the number of its spindles has been cut more than 75% to 5,000,000. More than a year ago, Little had warned that the plant's output would have to rise but it remained...