Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Western European Communists and fellow travelers adopted in 1939, after the conclusion of the Nazi-Soviet pact. There was no point, they argued then, in getting involved in an "imperialist" war. Better stand aside, and in due course social revolution would undo Hitler's conquests. Nor, it is worth recalling, was it the inherent fatuity of this position which led them to change their attitude, but only the march of the Wehrmacht into Russia...
...Russia slid a foot in the door of Latin America trade with a treaty providing for the exchange of $150 million worth of goods between the U.S.S.R...
...based on the computation of William D. Haylon, the bachelor in charge of the baby derby. He had estimated that only 13 babies would be born. Instead, 180 were born in the 24 hours of the birthday last week. To their parents. G.E. will turn over about $71,000 worth of stock. But G.E. hopes to get a little of the money back. It announced a new nursing nipple made out of silicone rubber, instead of natural rubber. The nipples, said G.E.. will last more than a year and the holes will not clog and the nipple will...
TELEPHONES are still so short that A.T. & T. will soon sell $600 million worth of convertible debentures, largest corporate security issue in history, to finance further expansion and new exchanges. The company has installed 18.5 million phones since World War II (total in service: 41 million), still has unfilled orders...
Another cause of high meat prices is the consumers' preference for "choice" and "prime" grades of beef instead of the lower-priced "good" and "commercial" grades. Thus the premium-grade cuts are bid up beyond their actual worth. Actually, "good" beef at its best is almost indistinguishable from the poorer run of "choice" meat. But many retailers refuse to stock...