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decontrol

[dee-kuhn-trohl] / ˌdi kənˈtroʊl /


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In a blurred, easy voice, Decontrol Board Chairman Roy Thompson let the big price secret out through the nation's radios.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the three-man Price Decontrol Board did nothing before August 21, price ceilings would go back on grain, meat, dairy products, cottonseed and soybeans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decontrol of sugar, only food still under price ceilings, set many a housewife to hoarding against a possible price jump.

From Time Magazine Archive

With one eye on the Decontrol Board hearings, 300 top C.I.O. leaders staged a strategy meeting, agreed to make a show of suffering patience before blowing the lid again on U.S. industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decontrol would cause the price of natural gas piped across state lines to jump to $2 or so per 1,000 cu. ft., from levels of 29� to $1.44 now set by the Federal Power Commission.

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