Word: productive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Better Answer? The dissatisfaction was mirrored in the postwar hot-rod craze-in which backyard mechanics sought to improve on Detroit's product-and the importation of thousands of foreign cars, such as terrierlike M.G.s, Jaguars, Porsches and Lancias (see color pages). Sports-car clubs sprang up everywhere, and raced their cars at Bridgehampton and Watkins Glen, N.Y., Elkhart Lake, Wis., Pebble Beach, Calif. and Sebring...
British movie critics have always appeared to take a special delight in poking fun-or just plain poking-at Hollywood's product. On occasion, Hollywood has foolishly struck back. One London reviewer, E. Arnot Robertson, was dropped by the BBC after M-G-M charged that her criticisms were "unnecessarily harmful" (TIME, Dec. 13, 1948). Last week the battle was out in the open again...
Although he said he was not attempting to forecast the future, Ruml expects America in 1960 to have a 39 hour average work week and a gross national product of $455 billion. This would present an increase of 60 percent over the corresponding figure...
...have their attention focused on Canada." The picture of Canada's economy that Howe can paint for his Latino hosts is one of continuing boom in 1952 and even better prospects for 1953. With a population of only 14,500,000, Canada in 1952 pushed its gross national product to an estimated $22,750,000,000, a per capita output second only to the U.S. More than $5 billion was poured into new industry and capital investment, 90% of it by Canadians themselves. Employment and personal incomes rose to record highs, while prices leveled off and the cost...
Shennan had an equally statesmanlike answer to his company's problem of foreign competition. If he could not compete with cheaper Swiss watches and movements, Shennan reasoned, then he would have to diversify his company's production, make additional products which he could sell profitably, develop research to make others. For two years Shennan has been preparing his course by acquiring other companies, such as Kentucky's Wadsworth Watch Case Co. and Rhode Island's watchband-making Hadley Co., which also makes cuff links, tie clasps, etc. Elgin itself is importing Swiss movements for Wadsworth cases...