Word: raw
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aggression, to autarchic tyranny, to a fanatic ideology, to unjustified demands for 'vital space,' to all violence and brutality, our answer is 'No'. . . . To all efforts at understanding and loyal collaboration, to all that will aid the recovery of business and an equitable distribution of raw materials, our answer...
Quality. Anyone who translates these raw figures into inevitable victory for either side is misled. Quality counts as much as or more than quantity. In World War I, for example, command of the air changed hands several times, and the command changed not only when numbers varied but when one side introduced a superior new plane which could outfight the opposing machines. Something of the same sort was seen recently in Spain where German Messerschmitts 109 could outfly Russian Moscas, Russian Chatos could out-maneuver Italian Fiats. In general, Germany is known to have some of the best fighting ships...
Just a few lines to let you know I am well fed up with your line of Smart Aleck stuff. Your article on Great Britain [King George VI] in the May 15 issue is about as raw, fresh, uncalled for and unfriendly as anything I've read...
Commodity Prices. Last June shorts were squeezed in cotton, hide, rubber, lesser commodities, as well as in stocks. Last week, also on a lesser scale, speculatively minded manufacturers, who had gone short of raw materials, again turned to buy in a rising market. The difference this year is that the commodity price upturn is accompanied by falling instead of rising production, is more speculative, than industrial; cotton textile prices rose as inventories peaked again at over 200,000,000 yards, and manufacturers discussed ways of carrying unwanted cloth; hide prices zoomed as leather production fell from...
...them Harry Sinclair spoke a great truth when he said finished products must go up or raw materials down. Last week many feared the latter would happen. In Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, producers began to cut prices as much as 10? a barrel below the $1.02 figure established when the last cuts took place in October...