Word: roth
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Split Operations. Such advantages have fostered split manufacturing operations, under which Mexican workers do normally expensive handwork on items that can then be finished or assembled cheaply in the U.S. Example: Kayser-Roth's Catalina division cuts fabric for jackets and sportswear in Los Angeles, gets most of the stitching done in its Mexicali plant. Counting wages, duty and 400-mile round-trip trucking expenses, the Mexicali work adds up to about $1.20 per hour, compared with the $1.85 it would cost in Los Angeles...
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD by Philip Roth. 306 pages. Random House...
Shaw and Colburn were unbeatable in the mile. In five dual meets the opponents scored only one third place, as John Heyburn and Gerry Brock provided depth. Erik Roth, Shaw, Brock, and Heyburn were nearly equally as powerful in the two mile. Highlight of the season was Denny Aylward's gutty two mile victory in the Andover meet...
...surpassed earlier efforts. The 1962 Dillon Round achieved 8% reductions in customs duties on $5 billion a year of global trade. Last week's accord covered eight times as much: $40 billion in annual trade in 60,000 farm and factory items. Chief U.S. Negotiator William M. Roth called the result "of tremendous world importance...
...Case of Dye. Major stumbling blocks remained over freer trade in grains and chemicals. But Roth, in a dramatic shift in the U.S. position, withdrew his demand for guaranteed access to Europe's grain markets. Reason: the best offer from the Common Market amounted to less grain than American farmers already sell to the Six. Still, the U.S. insisted that reluctant Europeans join in creating a massive food-aid program for underdeveloped countries, which would increase world demand for U.S. wheat. For its part, the Common Market demanded that the U.S. get rid of its 1922 law that bases...