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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crucial area of consumer goods has been disappointing; shortages persist not only in autos, refrigerators and small appliances, but also in even such items as table crockery and knives and forks. Soviet planners have also been unable to correct chronic shortfalls in such basic industrial items as steel, coal, fertilizers, cement, paper and electric power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Purposeful Budgetry | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Through Italy's autunno caldo (hot autumn), some 5,000,000 workers walked off their jobs-traffic cops, bus drivers, postmen, teachers, garbage collectors, steel and auto workers, even casino croupiers. Newspapers took to printing daily "strike calendars," and by telephoning 85 85 45, beleaguered Italians could hear a recorded message informing them which walkouts were on for that day. Last week, however, one group of workers took the unusual step of calling off a scheduled 72-hour strike. They were employees of the Italian Red Cross, and they were desperately needed to help out in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: The Moon Bug | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Hitler had a strong reason for not accepting the opinions of his generals. As Siegfried Westphal, Rundstedt's chief of staff and now a steel executive, told Cate: "The generals had been wrong about both Czechoslovakia and Poland. None of us believed that such blitz campaigns were possible. Even in France, the German military predicted that the campaign would last much more than six weeks. Hitler was proved right, and ever afterward he followed his own judgment. Naturally, France was the last time he was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Hitler's Last Great Gamble | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...Among the blue chips, strike-troubled General Electric has sunk to 79 from a historic high of 120 in 1965, California Standard to 49 from a high of 86 in 1966, Allied Chemical to 24 from 66 in 1961, Du Pont to 105 from 260 in 1965, and U.S. Steel to 34 from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE RISING RISK OF RECESSION | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...Radio City Music Hall. The cost of watching a Pittsburgh Steelers home game rose from $6 to $7-plus a 15? surcharge to help pay for a now abuilding stadium, whose estimated price increased from $32 million last spring to $35 million at present. In the taverns of the steel city, the 15? beer could be found no more; it now costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Consumer: Behind the Nine Ball | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

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