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Word: quickers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even New Dealing, rebellious Henry Kaiser, who believes in maximum expansion (he is currently spending upwards of $45 million on Fontana alone), agreed with other steelmen that the key to more expansion is the quicker-or more realistic-write-off of its cost. In lieu of that, Kaiser has adopted his own harsh substitute. He raised the price of his Fontana steel $30 a ton to apply against the Government debt on his plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Socialistic Prod? | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

Modest Boast. As the session broke up Christmas Eve in the ornate, damask-walled council room of the Pan American Union, all the delegates seemed satisfied. O.A.S. Secretary General Alberto Lleras Camargo of Colombia allowed himself a modest boast: "This is a little quicker than the U.N. Security Council...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEMISPHERE: Snuffed Fuse | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...What's education for?"-ask three different educators. But, by & large, the "liberal arts" colleges believe that education should be for general culture, not specific training. Even in the liberal arts colleges, however, the present-day undergraduates gravitate toward courses that look as if they would pay off quicker in the graduate world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bad Fad | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

...Talk. The dictator, now shaven, rolled upright in the hammock and dangled his legs like a man astride a horse. "Nothing," said he, "unites men quicker than a threat, so it was inevitable that we dictators should get together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: I'm the Champ | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

Professor Harris terms the twenty billion dollars intended for ERP a "catalyst" which, within four years, will help raise the national income of Western Europe as much as 25 percent. The increased purchasing power of Western Europe should also stimulate non-ERP nations to a quicker economic recovery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harris Warns Special Interests Are Milking European Recovery Plan | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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