Word: productive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...long tradition their mission is to fight anywhere, any time and at a moment's notice. It was obvious to everyone else in the U.S. that, at the moment, marines were fighting and dying in Korea. Harry Truman's comparison of Marine propaganda with the Russian product simply left everyone wide-eyed...
...purpose of match books is to carry advertising. By selling this idea to big & little businessmen, the Rosenbergs have made their Universal Match Corp. the second biggest U.S. matchmaker (first: Diamond) with a gross of $12 million last year.* Last week President Adolph Rosenberg, 61, hailed a new Universal product as the first major innovation in match books in almost 60 years. The product: a match book with a waterproof striking strip that is expected to boost sales $1,000,000 this year. Adolph Rosenberg and his brother Samuel, 57, a Universal vice president, did not strike it rich...
...Government's allocation list. Last week, the Government was discussing with Canada's giant Aluminium Ltd. a plan to buy 440 million Ibs. over the next three years, at an estimated cost of $75 million. Whether the deal goes through or not, many an aluminum product will soon disappear from the civilian market...
...second quarter, said the Department of Commerce last week, the gross national product (goods and services produced in the U.S.) was running at a record peacetime rate of $270 billion a year, 2.8% over the first quarter's rate. In July, the Federal Reserve Board estimated, the index of industrial production was at a peacetime high of 199 (v. 161 a year before). Department-store sales for the latest week available (Aug. 5) were 29% above last year...
...Krasna. Although Hughes reserved final decision on all films costing more than $900,000, he would do little more than approve the stars and basic story line on the rest. Furthermore, he guaranteed to make his decisions in every case within a week, and to release the finished product within 90 days, no matter how it turned...