Word: woole
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cleaning has cleared the way for two big mass-production tailoring shops in Port-au-Prince. Five haberdasheries have opened, and five more dry-cleaners have followed Jimmy into business. Women's ready-to-wear shops have mushroomed. Haiti's women now dress in rayon, taffeta and wool...
...ambassador, informally dressed in a grey wool jersey dress and tan polo coat, was quickly caught up in the crush. Crowded from corner to corner by the eager cameramen, she could scarcely get through a statement-mostly in careful Italian-that she had prepared for her arrival. "I am proud to come here as the ambassador of a President and a country that wants what Italy wants most-to help build for all of us the house of security on the rock of justice and liberty," said Ambassador Luce...
...Greek. Almost as intensively as their work in Bible, Concordia's students study The Book of Concord of 1580, in which their church's doctrines are explicitly set forth. Added to courses in history, philosophy and pastoral care, this kind of work leaves little time for wool gathering; classes begin...
...significant than the ups & downs of the stock market, since it is the prices of raw materials that, in the long run determine many retail prices. And even hough some retail prices are still rising the worldwide price trend, forecast by commodities is downward. Many of the commodities, like wool and rubber, which had the biggest rise right after the Korean war, have had the sharpest fall since. The Government's index of all commodities (2,000 separate items) is not far above its pre-Korea level, but some key commodities (e.g., fats, oils and fibers) are below...
...justified. But the rise stimulated bigger production, which helped knock prices down. Rubber shot as high as 75? a lb. But as soon as U.S. synthetic plants got into big production of rubber at 23? a lb., natural-rubber prices collapsed. Similarly, the slump in the textile industry sent wool tumbling...