Word: corne
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Donald Nelson cares, Only bugle at the funeral is that shellac in records can be reclaimed; maybe the jive jerks will be able to turn in old disks for new ones like toothpaste tubes. But the whole thing sounded to hot men like a can of corn at a real session...
Meantime Argentina's surpluses piled up implacably: e.g., 80,000,000 bushels of flaxseed compared to last year's already catastrophic 50,000,000. In Buenos Aires, to conserve fuel, neon signs were doused, cinemas closed earlier, corn helped stoke locomotive and power-plant boilers. Autos & trucks were rationed; rationing was announced for tin plate, rubber, iron & steel, wood pulp, industrial chemicals. Newspapers' size was reduced. Tin-plate shortage caused a boom in glass and wood containers...
...Alley was still grinding its own powder for the war this week, but mostly its powder looked and smelled like corn meal...
...ceiling over wages, most current farm prices or rents except in defense areas. But once all nonagricultural prices are roofed over, adding porch roofs will be easier. Then labor will lose a huge lever to pry up raises; desk farmers will lose a big excuse for boosting wheat and corn prices; landlords will have a hard time justifying higher rents...
Allied Chemical $13.67 $1.35 $9.67 American Locomotive 5.33 1.30 4.12 American Woolen 30.50 5.00 11.23 Corn Products 3.59 0.95 3.38 Crane Co. 5.36 1.70 1.18 Douglas Aircraft 36.22 3.00 30.29 Goodrich Co. 8.29 4.60 5.02 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 12.80 3.40 4.68 Mack Truck 9.21 1.67 4.93 Montgomery Ward 5.11 0.96 4.01 National Cash Register 1.02 0.74 2.00 National Dairy 1.43 0.57 1.97 Sears Roebuck 9.62 1.17 6.35 United Aircraft 23.29 1.88 6.29 United Fruit 2.22 1.03 4.25 United States Steel...