Word: checkrein
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...counted more that he is a strong Roman Catholic who has the earnest sympathy of Pope Pius XII; that his sister, Marie-Jose, married Crown Prince Umberto of Italy-possible checkrein to keep Benito Mussolini from jumping in on Hitler's side; that his late wife was the King of Sweden's popular niece, which is one more tug at Sweden's fearful heart; that Franklin Roosevelt called himself Leopold's "old friend" and sent a message saying the U. S. people were shocked and angry. Now it mattered that King Leopold retained Lieut. General Henri...
...preparatory school can be expected to follow the path of the college paper in external and internal development will be determined by the single leash of time. It is doubtful, for instance, if the secondary school journalist would be wise in taking a book supplement upon his hands. The checkrein is tightening on extra-curricular activity all through the educational system and what is possible to the divided interests of a large college staff may be less feasible where the burden is less distributed...
...this year of $244,000,000. But international trade depends upon the fluidity of such paper. English bankers own approximately $1,464,000,000, Dutch bankers between $145,000,000 and $153,000,000, Swiss bankers about $109,000,000. The Federal Reserve restrictions have been as a checkrein on U. S. international bankers. Therefore those who attended the American Acceptance Council meeting in Manhattan last week applauded when Governor Young explained the new leniency of the Federal Reserve Board: "Bankers' acceptances may properly be considered as growing out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods when...
...Significance. Observers noted that the new Government has announced its intention of retaining the present censorship of the Spanish press, and opined that it will keep an all but dictatorial checkrein upon national activities. None the less Premier Primo de Rivera made statements which were interpreted as foreshadowing the resuscitation, "by early June," of the suspended Constitution and Cortes (Parliament). He remarked: "All will be made known as the times become opportune...
...confirm such less optimistic opinion, although April pig production set another high record. The strong banking position, however, indicates that should present business activity fall off, no such tremendous speculative liquidation as that of 1920-21 will be witnessed, except possibly to a limited extent in real estate. The checkrein to the current expansion of trade and industry will, it is generally agreed, be afforded by the shortage of labor, and the already recognized tendency of labor to lessen productivity under higher wages, which is usually a sign that the peak of prosperity is not far away...