Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Choice. In an attempt to place both Sukarno's Djakarta government as well as the rest of his countrymen on notice, Rebel Premier-designate Sjafruddin addressed a blistering open letter to Sukarno. Sjafruddin lashed out at Sukarno's concept of "guided democracy" (TIME, March 4), said scathingly: "Guided democracy is fascism. I have become aware that the present government under Your Excellency's leadership will eventually destroy the nation . . . Believe me, the government prohibition against barter trade will not be heeded. How can people be "forbidden to eat rice obtained from barter if rice from [the government...
...stock margin requirements (TIME, Jan. 27), rather than any real easing of credit. Said Board Chairman John Sibley of the Trust Co. of Georgia: "The impact is on the public mind, not the economy as such." Over the last few months, the Fed's only real attempt to pump more credit into the economy has been to allow bank reserves (and thus their lending ability) to increase by some $500 million, partly through open market purchases of Treasury securities. But so far, it has failed to use its strongest economic medicine: lowering the reserves all member banks must maintain...
...fiercely at "goddam bankers" (his favorite phrase) for their control of the railroads, set himself up as the champion of the people in a crusade to revitalize U.S. railroads. And all the while, he strengthened and expanded Allegheny's holdings, started his biggest battle of all: an attempt to win control of the mighty New York Central...
During the Band's half-time performance, a group of Dartmouth students charged onto the field in an attempt to steal the Band's giant drum...
...sitting duck" attempt is the second challenge to the A.E.C. sponsored by the Non-Violent Action Committee, an organization of American pacifist leaders...