Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weeks of talk in Cairo between Fawzi and U.S. Ambassador Raymond A. Hare, Nasser had gone a considerable way toward meeting the user nations' demands for protection against abuses. His willingness to accept arbitration and the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, his volunteered limitation of toll increases, his undertaking to maintain and improve the canal in accordance with the old company's plans, and his acknowledgement of the old company's rights to compensation, were all clearly stated pledges...
...paper and packaging industry, which had been booming along, showed the toll of lessened demand. Both sales and earnings drops were reported by St. Regis Paper Co. and Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp.; profits were also down for Crown Zellerbach Corp. (66? a share v. 1956's 86?), Scott Paper Co. (66? v. 72?) and Allied Paper Corp. (90? v. $2.30). High costs of labor and materials hurt Crane Co., Borg-Warner Corp., Carborundum Co., and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp...
...Inertial Guidance system that guided the 1953 flight with nearly pinpoint accuracy weighed a hefty 2,700 Ibs., got the tag "navigation in a closet." To be effective in a missile where each pound of excessive weight exacts a heavy toll in lost speed and distance, the mass of wires, tubes and gyros would have to be slimmed down from closet to pocket size. Advances in accuracy and miniaturization since the first flight are classified, but the M.I.T. scientists, who have been working on Inertial Guidance since 1939, serve as consultants to the Air Force and Navy on such systems...
...Toll rates will be based on present levels, and Egypt pledges itself not to raise them more than 1% in the next twelve months; any increase beyond that level would be subject to "negotiations...
...troublesome issue held at arm's length by the Federal Communications Commission. FCC has dawdled over pleas by such big companies as Zenith and International Telemeter for the use of public TV channels to broadcast scrambled signals that only the set of a paying customer could unscramble. Toll TV is bitterly opposed by those it threatens most-TV networks and movie exhibitors...