Word: worth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Cartoonist Arno puts such things in their true light and makes life worth living...
...been eleven weeks since the great tornado ripped through the suburbs of Flint, Mich., killing 113, injuring 547, and destroying $12 million worth of property (TIME, June 22). The residents of Beecher Township, hardest hit by the storm, had been struggling to rebuild their homes. But only foundations and a few frames stood among the ugly scars of destruction. Then, in less than 48 hours last weekend, Beecher Township rose from the ruins...
...billion-a-year U.S. women's wear industry has another answer. It can quote yards of facts and figures to show that high-priced clothes are not only worth every penny they cost, but even more. For example, Manhattan's Sophie of Saks Fifth Ave. custom salon, where cocktail dresses sell for as much as $695, just manages to break even; the salon is operated only for the prestige it brings to the store. The markup for expensive clothes is heavy-up to 100% of cost-but it has to be so to cover overhead. At a high...
Nevertheless, in one sense it is true that women are not getting their money's worth in clothes. Reason: by the standards of other industries, the garment industry is woefully inefficient. Hand-operated machines are the rule; mass production, as known in other industries, is almost unheard of. Competition is cutthroat; some 5,000 companies are locked in the battle to clothe the female form, and hundreds of them fail every year. Many of them are fly-by-nights riding a sudden fashion craze...
...network of 450 U.S. dealers since war's end, was shipping his cars on consignment. His dealers could wait until a car was sold before paying Rootes, could also return any cars that found no buyers. That meant Billy Rootes was carrying an unsold inventory in the U.S. worth about $4,500,000 (at retail prices). In sum, he was making one of the biggest gambles of his bold, spectacular career...