Word: basic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Using the same scientific sampling of the electorate which predicted the results of the 1936 election with an error of less than i%, FORTUNE presents a page of charts and statistics giving a balance sheet of Franklin Roosevelt's popularity-probably a more complete, objective picture of the basic political situation in the U. S. than has ever been drawn up. Its prime facts...
...Refused, then offered new hope of, aid to the stricken railroads. Congress adjourned without passing any railroad emergency legislation, but the Interstate Commerce Commission agreed to reconsider its recent 6-to-5 decision against allowing a basic coach-passenger fare-increase from 2? to 2½? a mile. ICC also approved a reorganization plan of Spokane International Railway and Coeur d'Alene & Pend d'Oreille Railway calling for the merger of the two. Total trackage of these two roads is 161 miles, but the event was a milestone: the first ICC approval of a Class I reorganization since...
...campaign, "Bible Bill" had promised each & every Albertan $25 per month in what he called "basic dividends." Few days after his election many an Albertan removed his savings from the Province...
...Basic Figures. The arithmetical formula of the bill covering minimum wages per hour and maximum hours per week...
...Raymond had the answer ready: "While it is possible to install a pressurized cabin on the DC-4, now being tested, there is nothing to be gained by doing so. ... All subsequent models will come out with that feature built in. Necessary additions ... do not change either the basic structure of the airplane or its interior arrangement...