Word: steers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...York's busy little Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia has long contended that no law-abiding beef slaughterer can make money under OPA's present ceilings for beef. Last week, "Butch" LaGuardia tried to drive home his point, with the help of a Grade-A steer. On Butch's orders, the city bought the steer and had it slaughtered, keeping track of the pound-by-pound cost. The results...
...cost of the steer, including commission, freight, slaughtering and trucking costs, and allowing for the present Government subsidy to packers, was 25.36? a Ib. for 664 Ibs. Total cost...
...Packers, said the Mayor, would have had to set 55% of the steer aside for the armed forces, at 20.5? a Ib. (Because it was bought for New York City's institutions, the Mayor did not have to share his steer.) The remaining poundage could be sold at a local average ceiling price of 28?. ¶Total cash intake: $158.54. Loss...
...Liberals will steer a middle course, offering both free enterprise and nationalization to achieve "minimum economic standards for all." The core of Liberal policy will in effect be the social-security and full-employment plans of the Party's brightest luminary, Sir William Beveridge. The election will give a historic answer to a critical question: will Britain swing to the left, like Europe, or stand pat with the conservatives, who have led it to victory in World War II? Conservatives were confident that if the election could be held soon, before wartime memories fade, Winnie would win again...
...baka had a 16-ft. wingspread, an estimated range of 35 to 40 miles, a speed of from 400 to 600 m.p.h. (depending upon the angle of dive). It had twin rudders, but first reports from the Pacific said it seemed to be wild and difficult to steer...