Word: sevenfold
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...already scheduled for 1945. They will be big ships. Having cut back its destroyer-escort program, the Navy planned to commission only 206 warships this year, but their tonnage is only slightly less than that of the 415 warships the Navy got last year. The Navy also planned a sevenfold increase in rocket production...
Kudzu not only stops erosion but so enriches the soil that when plowed under, it increases corn yields by two to sevenfold. As rich as alfalfa in protein and carotene, kudzu leaves can be used for grazing or cut as hay. Dehydrated, they also make a fine breakfast food, according to enthusiasts; some kudzu growers have gone so far as to concoct a recipe for Kudzup...
...Aluminum capacity had increased sevenfold...
...great expansion planned for Canada's aluminum industry. First steps in this direction were taken two years ago in the aluminum city of Arvida, near Lake St. John. Today-with the aid of U.S. as well as Canadian capital -the aluminum industry in Canada has expanded sevenfold over its pre-war capacity, supplies fully 40% of the entire Allied demand. Around the new dam-which may or may not be near Arvida-the biggest aluminum plant in the world is growing up to turn out the material for United Nations planes...
...Beech which boomed sales sevenfold to a smacking $59,593,000, jacked profits 410% to a record $2,418,000. Beech also set aside huge sums for Federal taxes ($6,429,000) and price refunds ($7,200,000). But Beech worried less about war's end, set up no special cash fund for peacetime conversion (although it has paid off the RFC, bought its plants outright). Result : more profits available to stockholders now, perhaps less preparation for things to come...