Word: spiralling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three-Way Attack. Then the President switched themes. He proposed an assault on the inflationary spiral from three sides. To relieve the inflationary pressure of too much loose cash, he asked that consumer credit controls (abandoned Nov. 1) be restored, that speculation on the commodity exchanges be limited, and that savings be increased. To channel scarce goods into essential uses, he wanted authority to control inventories and to allocate such essentials as steel and grain...
Inspired by the discovery of paintings showing the fur trade, "Across the Wide Missouri" follows the climax and downward spiral of a gigantic enterprise. Beaver, a million coats and hats, was the lure. From 1832 to 1838 the industry reached a peak in both volume and competition. John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company pulled all the steps to squash its competitors and they all combined against Britain's Hudson's Bay Company. Willful trapping destroyed the beaver, glutted the market and prices dropped. In a short time Astor was left holding the field...
...appendix to its operation of some 125 theatres. RKS's setup was to make a few pictures, hire others from independent producers. It was on such a lease arrangement that RKO took over Schary in 1946 from David O. Selznick. The first four pictures he made for RKO (Spiral Staircase, Till the End of Time, The Farmer's Daughter and The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer) helped lift RKO's 1946 net income to $12 million, more than double the previous year...
...does not often scold the Truman Administration, had an acid suggestion for the Attorney General: "If Clark looks around suddenly at a Cabinet meeting, he is likely to find a culprit or two within arm's length. Two fundamental errors of the Truman Administration contributed to the price spiral. One was the repeal of the excess-profits tax. The other was . . . the encouragement of labor in demanding additional...
...held a snare for business generally; its riches were sure to bring increased pressure for lower prices or higher wages, or both. Yet there was little talk of lower prices. The talk-and worry-was all over higher prices. The steel industry had already started its own private inflationary spiral (see The Economy...