Word: transport
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...London, with other foreign fares to match. He is ready to cut the present round trip London fare of $630 ($466.70 on a special winter rate) to $405, whenever his foreign and U.S. competitors will string along (they control fares on the North Atlantic through the International Air Transport Association). Such a cut would put it well under first-class steamer rates...
Like Brazil's five-year SALTE Plan-short for Saude (health), Alimentos (food), Transporte (transport), Energia (power)-the report recognized that all sectors of Brazil's economy need shoring up. It offered a wealth of specific advice on raising industrial capital (by limiting real-estate investment, which in some years absorbs as much as two-thirds of Brazilian savings), boosting manpower (by vocational training and selective immigration), improving transportation (by coordinating transport services and expanding storage space...
Because of the lack of space at the new building, however, a corps of volunteers had to transport food from a kitchen half a mile away Only after the Committee could raise money for extra room could the food shop begin to match the gift store in popularity...
...mammoth show marking the first anniversary of the purchase of the national railways from their British owners. It was a full-blown Peronista rally, and the speeches had all the flavor of the old oligarch-baiting times. Without bothering to offer proof, Perón's Transport Minister proclaimed that the railways (reported last month to be losing money at the rate of $100 million a year) were now in the black. The boss of the railway unions rose to shout: "If at any time it becomes necessary, the workers will rise and fight in the streets in defense...
Last November, with Army sponsorship, Dramamine got a full-scale trial on G.I.s bound for Germany on the U.S. Army transport General Ballon. The drug, said the doctors, was almost 98% successful both in preventing and curing seasickness. The crossing was "extremely rough." One group of G.I.s got one capsule (100 milligrams) as the ship left New York, another six hours later, and then one before each meal and at bedtime; only two complained of dizziness, none of nausea. After the drug was stopped, 30% of them got sick. As a check to see if mental suggestion might be working...