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Word: unloads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flies his own remodeled B26, made his first million before he was 30, and can discuss equally knowledgeably the merits of Italian ham or the life of Buddha. However, when Grant Austen learns that he panicked too soon on Suffolk Moulding, and that McCall is about to unload the company at a $1,000,000 profit, he sees Cash only as a king-size heel. Before the gold dust settles. Cash gets a chance to prove his good faith, and does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Hero as Businessman | 11/7/1955 | See Source »

Moffat and Lanouette were suddenly pitched from their canoe, but Grinnell and Franck, second in line, were miraculously able to shoot the rapids, unload their canoe on shore, and head back for the others. By this time Pessl's canoe had also turned over, leaving four men floundering in the freezing water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soph Describes Fatal Canoe Mishap | 9/29/1955 | See Source »

Soon the new joint union-management was flooded with workers' suggestions. Welders who had stood around waiting for materials began helping to unload. Workers formerly indifferent to substandard work turned out by slackers began raising Cain: it cut down their bonus. Employees and executives became a team working toward a mutual goal. After a year, the Adamson Co. was five times as profitable as in the old days; even after sharing the productivity savings 50-50, management still reaped twice as much income. As for the workers, a union veteran of many picket lines told Scanlon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: The Scanlon Plan | 9/26/1955 | See Source »

Other artists teach, full or part time. Those who cannot find teaching jobs unload fish, run elevators, keep bar, build boats. In Sausalito, Calif., for instance, the Glad Hand restaurant alone boasts two painters as cooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Westerners Up | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

...Later. The factories showed no slackening in their pace. Last week production was up to 155,000 v. 139,600 the week before. Nevertheless, most dealers thought they could unload all their 1955 models before changeover time in September and October. One reason is that buyers believe, rightly, that the industry's recent wage increases will push up prices for 1956 models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Too Many Cars? | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

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