Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...before Germany and Russia divided the country in 1939. He and other government Poles still look to the U.S. and its people to support the Polish position, even hope for some official U.S. declaration in Poland's favor. Mikolajczyk and his fellow Poles realize that Britain puts a premium on collaboration with Russia at almost any cost, is not likely to come out for the Poles...
...premium rates on fire insurance vary widely from State to State, with some of the highest rates in the States with the lowest fire losses...
...Constitutional requirement (Article II, section 2) that two-thirds of the Senators present concur in assenting to treaties made by the president, Burton declared dangerous. Where one-third plus one of the Senators thus control foreign policy, he said, the policy of the minority may be sustained, and a premium is placed upon inactivity. Under the two-thirds rule, 33 senators, possibly representing only eight per cent of the population, may decide issued involving the entire country...
...even better-and this year promised to be paradise. But OPA, which reckons paradise in terms of consumers, stepped in with a price ceiling that throttled Wenatchee's boom. Last week the growers had to sell their apples at $2.53 a 44-lb. box, could ask no premium for fancy quality and fancy wrappings. The growers, who always regarded apples as a gamble for high stakes, were in the sad fix of a man watching a casino raided just when the dice were getting...
...Department of Agriculture they need fear not. This year's food production, now expected to set a record, is also expected to be topped in 1944. But 1944's civilian larder will be about as limited as 1943's, with canned fruits and vegetables at a premium and red meats and dairy products likewise...