Word: slowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reynaud's ardent support put new heart into the government. Summing up the case for the Common Market, Mollet cried eloquently: "How often between an America sometimes too impulsive, some-times too slow to understand the perils, and a Soviet Union, disquieting and often menacing, have we wished for the existence of a united Europe, a world force not neutral but independent. This dream, this hope is today within our grasp. Have we the right to let it escape...
...teams were losing as much as $100,000 a season; there was no time to waste. To liven the game, Podoloff fostered a new rule requiring a team to shoot 24 seconds after it gets its hands on the ball. He cajoled the N.B.A. teams into abandoning the stolid, slow-moving zone defense, and persuaded TV officials to carry games on the air. The combination of change and promotion caught...
...Slow sales of G.M. cars (TIME, Jan. 14) and some appliances were softening the market for cold rolled sheets, bringing supply in line with demand for the first time since last summer's strike. But for the types of steel that make up most of production, there was no letup. The market for structural steel, heavy plate and pipe that go into tankers, heavy construction and pipelines was tighter than at any time since the Korean...
Steelmakers still estimate that they will operate close to capacity in the first half of 1957, then level off to 85% in the second half, when plants slow down for vacations and Detroit closes for model changeovers. That would add up to a record 120 million-ton year. U.S. Steel, Inland Steel and Pittsburgh Steel expect to pour near capacity in the first half; Jones & Laughlin figures 100% through March, 90% in the second quarter. Said Inland President Joseph Block last week: "Steelmen are rediscovering a little pessimism. But there is no cause for alarm...
...trouble is that ICC is slow and hesitant to let railroads boost rates enough to cover inflated costs. Though U.S. roads have won 13 freight-rate increases since 1946, the hikes have only increased revenues per ton-mile some 45%, while wages jumped 130%, and material costs rose 80%. Another complaint is that ICC will not let the roads cut rates on products they can carry cheaper than competing trucks, thus tends to allocate markets and stifle free competition...