Word: recoups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...uneconomical 40-acre plots by government decree. Not even the weather has cooperated with the Baath: 1966 brought a crop failure that severely cut wheat and cotton production and drained Damascus of precious foreign exchange. Western banks have almost unanimously refused to lend further money. To try to recoup some cash, Jadid recently cut the Iraq Petroleum Co.'s pipeline through Syria and attempted to blackmail his Arab neighbor into giving him $100 million -a price that Iraq has refused...
...aircraft industry still remains more than hopeful that the President will eventually provide the necessary money. The industry points to several practical values in speeding up SST work. One is that eventual foreign sales of $40 billion would help the balance of payments. Another is that the Government would recoup everything it laid out in the shape of royalties. Beyond that, the SST, as the biggest single venture ever undertaken by U.S. industry, will create at least 100,000 new jobs across the country. The plane is too big for Boeing to build alone; Avco Corp., Fairchild Hiller, Ling-Temco...
...prices-but not nearly so much as the present outcry would suggest. A Department of Agriculture study showed that prices in stamp-giving stores averaged only three-fifths of 1% higher than in non-stamp stores; the study also observed that "consumers who redeem the stamps can more than recoup the price differential." While that might be a disputable generalization, it does seem certain that when compared with such factors as higher wages and shrinking farm surpluses, trading stamps have been insignificant in the 4% rise in food prices over the last twelve months...
...there are now gas stations or small stores where there could be high rise commercial buildings. The presence of the Kennedy Library will add to the Square's natural attractiveness. The consequences could be disastrous: uncontrolled commercial development, with investors straining at zoning restrictions and constructing huge buildings to recoup their initial outlay...
Airborne drinks used to be free on many economy class flights. Last week United and American airlines an nounced that they are charging steerage passengers $1 a drink on all domestic flights, following a similar decision by TWA. Reason, according to TWA: to help recoup losses suffered in the recent machinists' strike. American and United claim that the charge is due to competitive pressures. Two bits of good news for in-flight imbibers: drinks are still 500 on TWA's international economy flights, and universally free on first class...