Word: barter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flannel group" is shown in Tory policy, as set out in convenient lack of detail for the election. Churchill himself is suspicious of new approaches to economic problems, and recently growled at a specialist: "You economic experts always make it sound so complicated. After all, it's only barter." (Deep and disgusted Churchillian accent on the last word.) In emphasis, the split among Tories is as sharp as it is between Attlee and Bevan. The young men, for example, want to attack monopolies immediately. There is no anti-trust legislation in Britain, and about one-third of British industry...
...like many another D.P., has been looking for a place to put down roots. Last week he found just what he wanted: a 60-room mansion bordered with a half mile of rhododendron bushes, plus 100-odd acres of rich farm land, on Long Island. It was a barter deal, reported the New York Times. Short on cash, Zog had plunked down "a bucket of diamonds and rubies" in a royal exchange. The King's spokesmen hastily sent out frantic denials. The King, they insisted, had paid an undisclosed sum in the ordinary way, by check. But the deal...
...Iran rejected the West and cast in her lot with the Soviets?" Frye asks. "Despite her recent move in regard to the Voice of America, her barter agreement with Russia, and the nationalization of oil, I think we can say that the answer to this question...
...barter agreement of last November was motivated by economic necessities, he feels, and is not highly significant...
...Postponed a vote on the bill to send wheat to famine-threatened India. Reason: congressional wrath at Prime Minister Nehru's statement that no strings must be attached; he would not barter away India's "self-respect or freedom of action even for something we need so badly." The House was mad because it hadn't attached any strings...