Word: unloads
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...early June Trinidad dockworkers refused to unload a $20,000 consignment of South African hardboard, forcing its return to the manufacturers; three weeks ago a shipment of tires met the same fate. The Sudan instituted a formal boycott, forcing cancellation of $250,000 worth of contracts for South African asbestos piping and glass products. Last week Malaya's Prime Minister Abdul Rahman banned all trading with South Africa as of Aug. 1, declared "economic war" on South Africa until she handles her racial problems in "a humane...
...secret of Coleman's success: what stock is likely to be in demand, and-more often than not-why. When a stock goes up, Coleman has usually laid in a supply of it in advance, and turns a profit. Conversely, he often is shrewd enough to unload his supply of a stock before the market in it turns down. The worst thing he has to contend with is fear-the sudden frights that cause investors to dump stocks with little reason. Says Coleman: "Nobody ever got burned to death in a theater fire. They get trampled to death...
...consumers in the market for "white goods" (refrigerators, washing machines, etc.), the bargains last week were the best in many a moon. Hotpoint was so eager to unload that it had set up carnival-like displays around the nation, was giving away cokes, ice cream and balloons to kids who brought their mothers to the fair (next week, the kids can trade their mothers for space helmets). Whirlpool has cut distributor prices 6% on some refrigerator models. General Electric has stripped trim off other models to sell them as cheaper "economy specials." The industry was hustling as quickly...
...Arab world from Cairo to Damascus to Jidda broke into shrill cries of rage. Hurriedly calling delegates from many Mideast countries for an emergency meeting, the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (membership: 2,000,000) gave the New York pickets a week to halt their boycott. "Unless they unload Cleopatra by that time, we will do the same thing to American ships in all Arab ports," said a top official. Sure enough, at the zero hour, Alexandria dockers resoundingly proclaimed, "In the name of Allah and Arabism, we Arab workers by Allah's blessing start our boycott...