Word: rawness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...artillery could get into position to block the Whangpoo at Woosung, Shanghai would be cut off from the major source of its food, the only source of its coal, fuel oil and raw materials for its factories. Only one question remained: Would the Reds unleash a knockout blow, or would they try to starve the city out? Shanghailanders, lying awake through the long nights, listened to the gunfire and the frenzied barking of frightened dogs in the streets, and waited wearily for the answer...
Most British businessmen complain of stock difficulties-the high cost of raw materials, the heavy taxes they bear to maintain Socialist Britain's welfare program, and that old devil, the U.S. tariff. Some Americans, among them ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman (TIME, April 11), hold that this complaint has a sound basis; they believe that by agitating for higher tariffs and trying to thwart British trade, U.S. businessmen are actually working against their own interests. They believe it is up to the U.S. to help British and other European exporters through their troubles by allotting them a larger share...
...West trade flowing first through Germany and then throughout the Continent. But it is unlikely that the four powers will agree on this, at least for the time being. What is more possible is that the two blocs will find it profitable to exchange western industrial products for the raw materials and food stuffs of the east. Both sides need this trade; every effort must be made to set it going...
...record crowd heard the Glee Club on Tuesday evening in the first of the Club's annual series of Yard Concerts. The air was raw; more people than usual remained standing, wandering about the grass in an effort to keep warm. But the men on the steps of Widener held the attentions of all for a half-hour of informal song...
...million, UP 79% from the 1948 quarter. It also showed the best profit since 1929. Bethlehem Steel's $33.1 million represented a whopping 114% gain, and other companies did nearly as well, thanks to maximum production and a drop in the cost of some raw materials...