Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...really want a raise? It was theirs for the asking. One clause of their contract with building constructors called for salary adjustments based on increased living costs; on that basis they had 13? an hour more coming to them. But Grimes knew what costs were doing to the building trade. Would they get as much work if they charged $1.93½ an hour instead...
Three minutes of silence on the second birthday of atomic warfare to be observed by churches, trade unions, business groups, and other organizations throughout the world was asked at a June meeting of the Congress...
...radio silence, the raft was heard from again last week. Present position: about 1,300 miles east of the Marquesas. For a fortnight after the Kon-Tiki left Callao, Peru, the Peru current carried it northwest nearly to the equator. Then the south equatorial current and the southeast trade wind took over and pushed the raft due west across the Pacific. Drifting 40 to 50 miles a day, it was now well ahead of schedule and had covered more than half of the distance (5,000 miles) between Callao and its goal, Tahiti...
...rabbits." When they talked shop, they debated only one question: who had backspin on shooters and who didn't. Backspin, to make the shooter stick in the ring, was the key to success on the slick cork rings, which were faster than dirt. No one gave away any trade secrets. Roanoke asked Columbia, S.C.: "Ever play for fun?" Columbia answered scornfully: "Whaddaya mean...
Miracle on 34th Street. A surefire, brightly cynical bit of whimsy about a man who thinks he's Santa Claus, and his effect on Manhattan's retail Christmas trade (TIME, June...