Word: propsed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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One of the reasons was the spread of price-cutting. To meet the growing threat from discount houses, some department stores cut prices on the thousands of products on the Fair Trade list (e.g., cameras, toys, cosmetics, small appliances, sporting goods, jewelry, drugs). Since General Electric Co. pulled out the...
COTTON-PRICE PROPS will probably be held at 90% of parity again next year, providing farmers vote to approve an 18.1 million-acre planting allotment as expected. Agriculture Secretary Benson has all but promised farmers that he will keep props high, although he could push them down to 82.5% under...
FARM PRICE PROPS will drop even further this year. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson feels that the Midwest election returns have justified his flexible price-support program, will now push for lower supports whenever practical. First to be chopped: feed grains, now supported at 85% of parity, which will probably...
From then on, Matisse's art changed only superficially, yet met with steadily growing acceptance and eventually with acclaim. He became a millionaire, and the world's great museums vied for the honor of exhibiting his work. Shining land, sea and streetscapes lay just outside his tall, half...
In The Traveling Lady some of the people even play muddled roles-parts that have only the most peripheral value or semi-farcical character. They pass and repass, moreover, among lighting effects that involve the approach of dusk or onset of night, or sound effects of offstage dance music and...