Word: soarings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Union members who had tied their wage increases to the cost of living, had seen their wages soar up-and would now see them dip a bit. In St. Louis, 25,000 employees of the International Shoe Co. faced such a wage cut. So did 380,000 at General Motors. Old A.F.L. Chieftain William Green hinted, in as unincriminating a way as he could, that maybe there wouldn't be so many workers asking for fourth-round increases...
After that, the conference got down to business. "Let the mind of man be free," cried U.S. Delegation Chairman George V. Allen, "and it will soar to undreamed of heights of majesty. Let people understand each other, and they will create a world order of peace and human betterment...
...PRICES SOAR, BUYERS SORE...
Wearing their sheep's clothing when they first called the strike, the Reds had asked for wage raises to meet the cost of living, which had begun to soar again with the recurrent cabinet crises of last summer. Non-Communist miners and even the general public could sympathize with that. Premier Henri Queuille's government offered wage raises amounting to about 15%. But the Reds stalled, and last week in some areas they. called out maintenance crews who manned pumps and ventilators in the mines...
Anatolian peasants saw an airplane come through a narrow opening in the hills, soar down a long valley until it approached a mountain closing the end, make an 180-degree turn and glide back up the valley until it landed in a flat field. When the peasants reached the plane, they found only two dogs inside...