Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blond, blowzy Vera Walush poured out two shots of raw moonshine, served them...
What is left of her heavy industry (probably at least 50%) needs raw materials from the lost mainland. If the German control pattern is followed, much of Japan's machinery may go to aid in the reconstruction of China and other victimized countries. Some that cannot be removed will be destroyed because it formed the base of Japan's war potential. The remainder will be needed to rebuild the shattered railroad system and the cities...
...will use the old tools on the first models-which, in answer to frantic appeals from the nation's doctors, may be converted to special, G.E.-developed heaters for polio packs. There will be no layoffs while G.E. tries to gather its raw stocks, or hurry its sub-assemblers. For months, G.E.'s huge home laundry sales force, acting solely as expediters, has been out breaking reconversion bottlenecks...
...quickly industry could regain its equilibrium depended upon how quickly it could: 1) clear its plants and set up peacetime assembly lines; 2) obtain a steady supply of raw materials; 3) get a firm pricing policy from...
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. G.M.'s problem is typical of all auto manufacturers. It needs new machine tools, must rid its plants of heavy war machinery. (Pontiac has long been mapping its new-assembly lines-). G.M. must also accumulate a huge supply of raw materials (steel, textiles, etc.) in a fiercely competitive market. Once these problems are licked, G.M. has high hopes for the future. Its ultimate employment goal: 400,000 factory workers (1939 high: 201,000); 200,000 distributors (1939 total...