Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...merchandising savvy any time against all comers . ." Protective tariffs today heighten the cost of living for the consumer. They cheat the producer of the advantage and necessity of meeting competition in foreign markets . . . Mr. Trippe's decision to keep abreast of the times by purchasing $6,300,000 worth of jet liners from Britain's De Havilland Co. . . . makes possible foreign sale of American goods, which are in demand; they can't be given away or loaned; they must be traded...
Employment of Newfoundlanders at U.S. bases totals 3,500. They are being paid at the rate of $9,000,000 a year, which equals the payroll of the entire mining industry in the province. The U.S. will make some $2,500,000 worth of local purchases in the coming year, plus another $500,000 worth of PX supplies. Such incidentals as a $100,000 charter fee for a motor vessel to transport island supplies, almost $87,000 rental paid by off-base servicemen and $16,000 tuition to local schools attended by children of military personnel, help to give...
Last week the U.S.A.F.'s Northeast Air Command opened a procurement office in St. John's Water Street. It had a list of Newfoundland firms ready to provide anything from Alka Seltzer to zwieback. In its first week the new office placed $17,340 worth of orders and signed a contract for a month's ration of bread. Newfoundland merchants beamed. The Yanks were bringing boom times, and the end was nowhere in sight...
...nation's top defensive team, and Duke, Southern Conference leader. Tech's Rambling Wrecks were a one-point favorite at kickoff time, and from the opening whistle their famed lightweight (191 lbs. average) defense platoon set about the business of smothering Duke's star passer, Worth ("a million") Lutz. Tech Tackle Bob Sherman twice broke through the heavier (by 15 lbs.) Duke line to block punts and break up touchdowns. Georgia Tech ended up on the long end of a 28-7 score, the undisputed Southeastern Conference leader, possessor of invitations from both the Sugar and Orange...
What separates Cabinet from the Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man class is its bizarre scenery, which is alone worth the admission. The sets are meant to appear painted, and their designers did not try to imitate reality; rather they depicted a mental world furbished by a madman. The prologue calls it "impressionistic," but it must be seen, not described...