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Chief complaint of U.S. retailers is the sprawling complexity of Government orders and regulations. OPA lawyer language makes decisions difficult, clogs the steady flow of goods in a business which depends on turnover. Trade associations have done much to clarify and expedite the intentions of these orders, and Washington promises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Prices Without Badges | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

Most U.S. termites eat deadwood. They have the almost unique power of digesting cellulose. Hence, unlike most animals, they have little natural competition to check their increase. Most insects depend upon a seasonal food supply, and their life cycles allow them only brief intervals to feed and breed. Termites almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Termites Are Winning | 7/13/1942 | See Source »

3) All-out production put a floor under stock values: though earnings were sharply limited, they were not subjected to normal seasonal or cyclical risks and held at steady levels.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Psychosis or Lag? | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

* Two adjustments due almost immediately: 1) a definition of how to price seasonal merchandise like women's summer and fall clothing, which is not comparable to anything sold in march: 2) a similar decision on men's clothing for fall, where the wool shortage and recent wage increases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRICES: OPA Victim No. 1 | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

>The U.S.-Canadian border is dimming like a Cheshire cat. Last week the two countries lifted restrictions on the seasonal migration of farm labor and machinery.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facts, Figures, Apr. 20, 1942 | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

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