Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Doubtless this view was extreme. The British economic position still contained many heartening factors, and even The Crisis had been "exaggerated," according to the Board of Trade's usually pessimistic Sir Stafford Cripps...
...neither the British capitalist nor the Government was taking measures likely to supply either the incentive or the compulsion for greater effort. Nearly all British industries, for example, still worked only one shift, because workers were reluctant to change their accustomed hours. Said London's Times: "The trade unions hold the fate of this country in their hands as the R.A.F. held it seven years...
...difficult to reach without U.S. help. Chinese foreign exchange balances are barely adequate to cover minimum needs for the next three months. China's textile industry, for example, faces collapse if it cannot get U.S. cotton on credit. If China's cities are not making pants to trade with China's farmers for rice, widespread starvation in the cities may result...
Ruark's column had most of the sordid story next day. Luciano had been in Cuba since October. He had a bodyguard, and otherwise lived in the manner to which his earnings from women and the dope trade had accustomed him. Among the folk he had been seen with in Cuba were such divergent characters as Ralph Capone (Al's brother) and Frank Sinatra...
...James wanted satisfaction from a couple of fellows who had allegedly sold them seven race horses. The Jameses filed suit, complained that they had paid $105,000 for the horses, spent another $3,000 on them, and they were still just dogs. The James's offer: they would trade the horses for their money back (plus the $3,000). Otherwise they wanted $68,000 damages...