Word: affected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last January, at the request of Chester H. McCall, 28-year old assistant to Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, Wingo gave up his job in a Washington bank to put into affect a plan for a "laboratory of leadership in public affairs," by which college men and women from all over the country would be picked each year to study Washington affairs at first hand...
...many observers, the Roosevelt experiment appears to lack a cohesive and easily grasped theme. This is possibly due to the fact that the motif of his reforms is monetary. This subject is little understood even by bankers, whose professional decisions concerning the size of their loans and investments themselves affect the volume of credit currency outstanding and with it raise the price level. On the surface, to an observer who sees from day to day only the disjointed and apparently unpredictable actions of the Administration, the whole experiment is apt to appear as the muddled meddling of a happy...
Excellent is Dr. Tesla's health, but he looks now & then beyond the grave. When he is reminded that in some quarters his pronouncements are written off as senile hallucinations, he replies with simple dignity: "The opinion of the world does not affect me. I have placed as the real values in mv life what follows when I am dead...
...share, and each share of Class B would be exchanged for one-half a share of new common. By assigning the new common a par value of only $5, Mr. Lee would also create sufficient surplus to make his big write-down. Mr. Bane's ruling did not affect Mr. Lee's plans but it provided very bad publicity...
...professional basis, as they have been under the Massachusetts system. Dr. Magrath, as one of the few men devoting all his time . . . and energy to this important work, has contributed much to building up a high standard for the profession. He has established traditions which affect not only the system in this state, but will serve to influence the practice throughout this country as the old coroner system is gradually superseded by the system of medical examiners. The manner in which he has carried on his work has demonstrated better than many long arguments the advantages of the system...