Word: tenfold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Speaking to audiences of thousands, as he walked from city to village to city, Bhave expressed his idea in mathematical terms, saying that the people represent 1 and the government 0. Separately, they could not achieve much, but put together they equal 10: India's achievement would be tenfold. Said Nehru: "The land problem is the main problem before us. Vinobaji says that private ownership of land must go. He is right. The land should belong to the community. But even that is not enough. The community must have the necessary organization to develop its economy." He exhorted...
...them. The circuitry of new missile systems, where space and weight are at a premium, calls for millions of semiconductors. Industrial and military uses account for only one-third of semiconductor units manufactured, but two-thirds of dollar volume. Computer builders are expected to increase their purchase of semiconductors tenfold within the next two years...
...idea of his own: a partnership would have to bid a slam in order to get a slam bonus (in both plafond and U.S.-British auction, the bonus was awarded whether the slam was bid or not). The mechanics and scoring of the new game-with slam bonuses increased tenfold and more-were worked out by Vanderbilt and three card-playing friends on a cruise to Havana in November 1925. Contract was born...
Aerosol men figure that the pushbutton foods will help double sales of aerosol products by 1961. Sales have gone up more than tenfold since 1951, topped $400 million last year, are heading for $500 million in 1958. Every day almost 10 million U.S. men use aerosol shaving creams, and more than 10 million women put on aerosol hair sprays. The 250 different aerosol products on the market can stop runs in hosiery, smoke bees out of hives, extinguish fires, bandage wounds and deodorize homes, pets or people. Said a Manhattan merchandising expert: "People will buy anything in those fascinating pushbutton...
...power lines-nearly seven times as many as there were in all Turkey in 1950. Above all, he concentrated on improving the lot of the peasants. He boosted crop subsidies, imported (with U.S. aid) 40,000 tractors, and between 1950 and 1956 increased the national outlay on irrigation tenfold...