Word: trades
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Soviet bloc should seek to ease the tension to some degree; to relieve the strain and precariousness of an extended, perhaps indefinite period of tacit hostility; and to create, if not amiable relations, at least a Cold Peace not poised upon a sensitive trigger. Improved East-West trade relations, especially in United States-Soviet commerce, would be a large step in this direction...
...Improved trade with the Soviets, if it is possible, would have permanent benefits. It would, certainly, lead to greater contact and communication with the Soviet Union, which could develop into a more commodious and less explosive world atmosphere. In addition, it would remove many restrictions on our allies' trade with Russia. This would remove many restrictions on our allies' trade with Russia. This would aid in sparking the economies of Western European and other non-Soviet nations, whose ruble-gap is far smaller than their current dollar-gap. Closer to the Soviet Union in distance and economic condition, these countries...
Some critics argue that increased East-West trade would allow Russia to divert resources from consumer production to industrial uses, by enabling her to import many consumer items. This, however, is not a vital consideration. Estimates of Russia's gross national product run to about $125 billion (converted to U.S. dollars and purchasing power). Of this, about fifty percent ($62.5 billion) probably goes for consumer items, thirty-five percent to capital investment, and fifteen percent to military uses. If the U.S. were to increase its trade with the U.S.S.R. to the tune of, for example, $200 million, which is practically...
...compete for. Winning them in Hollywood next week would mean up to $500,000 at the box office for Marty. Its producers and publicists have already demonstrated that they have both the cash and the know-how to go after it. To date the ballyhoo for Marty-including trade paper advertising, 16-mm. prints of the film, personal appearances of Borgnine on TV and radio, rhinestone cleavers and knives for the butcher-counter routine-has cost $350,000, a little more than the $343,000 it cost to make the movie...
...GRAVE, by Wilson Tucker (250 pp.; Rinehart; $2.75), is not much of a mystery after the first chapters, but it is notable for an unusual hero and some fascinating details about the unpleasant profession of burking.* B. G. Brooks is a mild-mannered little investigator for a trade association of cemetery owners. He always carries an umbrella, lets off steam by exclaiming "Gracious, me!" and "Oh, dear!" but is a dangerous man for villains to tangle with...