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Word: upturns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1922-1922
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...upturn of commerce and industry during the past year has largely been due to the attempt of the business world to make good four great shortages. The first of these was the shortage of building construction which had been accumulating during the past six years. This shortage had reached such large proportions by the beginning of 1922 that careful estimates indicate that in our cities it amounted to as much as the total amount of building normally done in two and a half years. This means that the construction industry would have to work at 25 percent above its normal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FULL-FLEDGED PROSPERITY IN 1923 PROPHESIED BY COLONEL L. P. AYRES AT ECONOMIC RESEARCH DINNER | 10/23/1922 | See Source »

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