Word: planted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...article on the Amazon contains the statement that there are 22,767 plant species in the world, of which 19,619 are to be found in the Amazon River watershed. How did you latch on to 22,767 as the figure? The one available to me is 340,000 species...
Plow-Backs. In Brazil, 23 of the 56 top stocks on the Rio and São Paulo exchanges are joint ventures. Japanese interests hold 40% of the USIMINAS steel plant (annual capacity: 500,000 tons), U.S., Canadian, French and Israeli interests are partners with Brazilians in seven cement plants. In Argentina, Kaiser Industries, which makes 2,500 vehicles a month, is owned 51% by Argentine stockholders, 16% by the Argentine Air Force, 33% by the U.S. parent firm...
...models is strong. One big factor is the powerful sales appeal of the compact cars, which account for 25% of total 1960 models produced so far. The orders are pouring in so fast that Ford last week made plans to shift over its Metuchen (N.J.) Mercury plant to produce Ford's Falcon and the new Comet, scheduled to make its appearance next spring. Ford will not cut back on Mercury -other Mercury plants will take up the slack. It just needs a third production facility to turn out all the compacts the U.S. public apparently wants...
Other, less important, complications would also arise in the conflicting interests between an amateur college football team and a recently organized professional team. The tax-free status of the University property may be questioned, if not eliminated. Students may be deprived of using the whole Soldiers Field plant on certain days. The pros may need practice space on the already crowded property. Involved procedure might be required to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages, as much a part of pro football as two-way radios...
...shares of the growing auto market. G.M.'s Holden subsidiary began in 1948 to produce a small car for Aussie markets, sells 100,000 units annually and posted a profit last year of $34 million. National Dairy Products Corp. this year spent $1,600,000 on new plant, was able to declare a $1,800,000 profit, which covered its entire new investment. The story is the same for Cleveland's Lincoln Electric Co., which has nailed down 50% of the market for heavy electrical welding machinery; last year it gave its 148 employees $117,000 under...