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Franklin Roosevelt was in the White House and the U.S. was deep in the Depression when, in 1934, Congress passed the reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. Aimed at increasing U.S. exports, the bill authorized the President to enter into bi lateral tariff-cutting compacts with foreign nations. Since then, Congress has repeatedly extended the life of the act, and in 1958 it gave the President the power to chop tariffs, under certain conditions, by as much...
Corruption Bi-Partisan...
Charles L. Whipple, Boston Globe staff writer, later offered several examples showing that Massachusetts corruption is bi-partisan--"both parties are guilty." He suggested that citizens of the Commonwealth fight this by in turn voting bi-partisan in elections. "The public--not the courts or the press--must identify who is and who is not responsible," according to Whipple...
...series of steps designated as part of a plan to create new images and prove peaceful intentions might include, for example, transforming our early warning system into a bi-directional mechanism, thus demonstrating an intention not to strike first...
After Christmas vacation in 1918, the paper was once again on a daily schedule, and the CRIMSON soon began to regain former health. In 1919, the paper bought the 20 year-old Harvard Illustrated, a pictorial journel and thenceforth published a bi- weekly photographic supplement. The next year, the progressive board also purchased a new press which made the addition of a fifth coulmn of news possible...