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More hard-rock miners die every year from silicosis than from cave-ins. Silicosis is a degeneration of the lung tissue caused by microscopic rock dust particles.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dust for Dust | 2/25/1946 | See Source »

Three single-motored planes roared over the heads of the pickets and over the plant's wire fence, landed safely inside the gates. Out tumbled bags of bread, meat, canned goods and cigarets-provisions for the company stay-ins. Promptly the union hired a patrol plane to find the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wishing to God | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

Harvard, like Boston, was founded on towpaths and since the average Harvard-man's mentality has little in common with a cow, he may have some difficulty in finding his bearings. But map in hand, and with a few pointers in his head, the newcomer will, in the space of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW TO SOLVE HARVARD'S BAFFLING LAYOUT | 2/1/1946 | See Source »

Characteristically, Phil Murray said nothing about examining the steel company's books or debating the ins & outs of the profit system. He simply wanted a $2-a-day raise for his men, to keep their take-home pay around its $56-a-week wartime average. He firmly believed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Big Strike | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

Said Bowles: "Dealers will actually realize considerably higher [profit] margins than they did before the war." His explanation: although 1941 list prices permitted dealers a markup of about 24%, cash discounts and losses taken on trade-ins actually reduced this to 12%. Since the present demand reduces the need for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: At Last: Prices | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

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