Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fight affected more than rayon. Now that it was in ample supply, after three years of shortages, rayon men hoped to grab some of the cotton and wool market. In a cocky newspaper ad, Burlington sounded a battle cry: "It is a rough and tumble competitive situation with few holds barred. Business from here on in will go to the firms that produce precisely what the public wants and at the prices the public wants to pay." And the price for women's rayon dresses, Burlington thought, would soon be down...
Antitrust. Monopolists were having a rough time. In a Cleveland federal court, Timken Roller Bearing Co. was convicted of conspiring with its British and French affiliates to fix world prices of roller bearings and restrict competition. In Manhattan, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., National Lead Co. and three individuals were fined a total of $43,000 (the maximum) for operating a worldwide cartel in titanium pigments. The companies were already under court order to license titanium production at a reasonable royalty...
...Seeker scarcely seems more than a rough sketch for a novel. It wavers between a sympathetic view of Aaron's religious questionings and a breezy freethinker's ridicule of the pretensions of the faithful. It likewise wavers between its realistic portrait of prairie life and its satirical account of the mission to the Indians-with the Indians educated, civilized and urbane, and the whites cantankerous and benighted...
Yacht Club men took advantage of rough seas yesterday afternoon to swamp the Marblehead Yacht Club, 172-153. The two clubs were tied at the end of four races, 110 all, but in the final two heals the Crimson's skill in high winds paid...
...horseback, Radcliffe turned its back on the rough polo games of earlier times and now trots sedately at Good's Riding School in Medford. Crew went out two years ago when University facilities were no longer available for the female oarsmen. Sailing came in its stead, although only a limited number can enjoy the sport...