Word: slices
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aircraft industry gets by far the biggest slice of the defense dollar-and no industry gets, in turn, a more careful check from Congress. The allegation before the current House investigation (headed by Louisiana's F. Edward Hebert) is that the industry's profits are too big. The manufacturers pose a larger question: Are profits big enough to let the industry do the vital defense...
...more. Davis has spent at least $2,000,000 on a tomato farm, millions more on four plant nurseries, including the world's largest orchid and house plant producer. He operates the biggest ice cream plant in the Southeast, runs three dairies, owns a big slice of a freight airline (Riddle...
...spikes can rip across the wet soil and oars can slash the choppy waves. At last muscles can hurt after an afternoon of rugby and lungs can ache after hours of lacrosse. The discus and the javelin slice through somehow cleaner air and the ping of the tennis court seems a truer sound as the air turns warmer...
Although the company will be able to start up appliance production as soon as the strike ends, the big problem will be to recapture the slice of the consumer-goods market that has already been lost to competitors. Example: a Los Angeles chain that normally sells more than 3,000 Westinghouse refrigerators and laundry units a year is receiving only 35% of its normal volume, and is selling General Electric appliances instead. Nevertheless, Westinghouse has kept most of its dealers loyal by stretching inventory, stepping up advertising allowances, and in some cases even supplying them with competitors' products...
Take, for instance, the short-order cook at the "shack" in this picture, the one they all call Slob (Lee Marvin). He looks as if he never did anything more subversive than add a slice of forefinger to the chicken salad, but his name is Mr. Gregory, and his game is dirtier than his sandwich board. He steals U.S. scientists and ships them to Russia...