Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chopped into raw bits...
Warstuffs. Naturally and by conquest, Japan now finds herself in possession of just about all the raw materials she needs for war. Copper is the only apparent shortage, and she has plenty of aluminum to substitute. She has crude oil to spare and soon will have refineries at work. She has enough rubber to sell some to Russia'. She has acquired iron in Kcjrea, Indo-China, Malaya and the Philippines-enough for an annual steel production of something less than 8,000,000 tons; coal in Korea and China; lead and zinc in Burma; bauxite in Malaya...
...Advantages. Now on its way, Permanente may some day have advantages over other magnesium producers: its raw material costs average 4? a Ib. v. 14? for the ferrosilicon process used by Union Carbide & Carbon; its power costs are below those for the "sea water" process used by No. 1 U.S. magnesium-maker Dow Chemical. In the head-to-head battle of metals (steel v. aluminum v. magnesium, etc.) which will surely follow the Armistice, this will mean easy going for Permanente, tougher sledding for its competitors...
...from which emerge the various oils, gases and vapors that are 1) the base stock for making 100-octane gasoline; 2) special hydrocarbons from which are made the blending agents (alkylates) to kick up still higher the octane rating of the base stock; 3) other hydrocarbons which are the raw materials for alcohols and butadiene...
...understandable, but this. Yes, Dan, I know Saltonstall won, but who ever heard of Tom Eliot? Yes, Gene. Benny Goodman did play at Carnegie Hall, but we can't have a campaign for Frankie Newton. Vag skipped a few pages, then pulled up short. Poor Joe, his knuckles raw, was still trying to break his way through the barred doors of Boylston. Have to get the Student Council in on this, he muttered. Then, remembering, he stretched his arm out, palm downward, in salute. Suddenly he heard a panting behind him. Relax, Ted, he thought, you don't have...