Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Inaudible Issues. The discussion raised a number of important issues of concern to most Americans...
...chief rival, Defense Minister Lieut. Colonel Jacobo Arbenz, a warm supporter of Arevalo and spiritual socialism, viewed Arana's progress with increasing concern. Last fortnight, Arana gave the Defense Minister a direct slap by firing one of Arbenz' friends as chief of the air force and replacing him with his own man. This followed the victory of seven Arana-backed candidates over Arbenz' men in elections for members of the Supreme Defense Council...
...President's top economic advisers had a description of the country's present condition: "There are four stages of economic deterioration-concern, apprehension, jitters and panic. We're now somewhere in between the upper levels of concern and the lower levels of apprehension...
Whatever that meant, there was no mistaking Harry Truman's concern for the change in economic climate. The report made no mention of the economic storms building up in Europe, but Treasury Secretary John Snyder was already heavily engaged on the foreign front, trying to work out a way of saving Britain's dwindling dollar reserves (see INTERNATIONAL) . Back on Capitol Hill, Maryland's Millard Tydings let it be known last week that his Senate Armed Services Committee had presidential permission to whack almost a billion dollars out of the armed forces' budget...
...festival, which came to an end this week, was a cultural rather than a popular or financial success. Hutchins had set the spiritual tone of the gathering: "The major concern of thoughtful citizens today is the lack of serious consideration for the application ... of the basic human standards best represented in the humanities-philosophy, religion, ethics-and the social sciences...