Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Histadrut & Mapai. The General Zionists don't care much about orthodox religion; they do care about orthodox economics. Pointing to a spectacular decline in the standard of living, the General Zionists campaigned against the tie-up between the Histadrut, the Israeli labor federation, and the cabinet, seven of whose 13 members (including B.G.) were Histadrut members. Histadrut is not only a trade union, enrolling 75% of all Israeli workers; it is also, by far, Israel's largest industrial employer, owning or managing 14% of all the nation's industry, including a virtual monopoly on cement production...
Automakers are not alone in their troubles. Even the steel companies, with orders at a peak, are hit. Bethlehem Steel's gross for the first half reached a spectacular $876 million, but a doubled tax load dragged its net down 14% to $49 million. Only by boosting its sales 20% did Inland Steel add a modest 6% to its net ($19 million). Of a dozen reporting electric utility companies, eleven had higher revenues, but four had lower nets than...
...weakness of the Columbia dates from the ice age, when a glacier blocked its deep canyon and forced it to cut a new channel. The river returned to its old bed after the glacier retreated, but the temporary channel (the Grand Coulee) is still there, a spectacular, steep-walled dry valley that leads to a cluster of level, irrigable plains...
...pictures testify to Gromaire's neck-cricking wonder at the upward thrust of the skyscrapers. One of the best catches the silhouette of an old landmark, Trinity Church, against the spectacular escarpments of Wall Street. Says Gromaire: "Now I am completely exhausted, like a mother after childbirth. If you asked me to paint just one more picture about America, I couldn't do it." As for living and working in Manhattan, Gromaire shakes his head. "New York is astonishing, but so are the Himalayas. I wouldn't like to spend the rest of my life...
...spectacular array of gadgets, the car has 60 controls and gauges, 14 separate electric motors. At the touch of a button the doors open. To make getting in & out easy, the convertible top snaps back partway when the door opens, then locks in place again after the door is shut. When the top is down, rain will raise it automatically as it hits a sensitized plate on the seat...