Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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He made some big decisions-or what seemed to be decisions at the time. He decided to adopt Reese Taylor's centralized plan to allocate steel-and to apply it to other raw materials as well. He issued orders taking away the blank-check power that Army & Navy field...
A complete solution to the problem of inflation may soon call for compulsory savings or a sales tax, but price confusion must be cleared up immediately. If Henderson is to handle the problem, he should receive a freer hand and more cooperation from Congress. OPA must be given more money...
Then, at one minute to ten, the confusion subsided; all ears were cocked. The husky gong of Big Ben clanged. London's assorted traffic raced for the first time across the Thames's new Waterloo Bridge, and a nineteen-year-old political squabble ended.
Amounting to more trucks than the whole U.S. makes in a normal year, the new order got boos and catcalls when first announced. But when the details leaked out the order made sense aplenty. The contracts run for two and a half years, include all Lend-Lease needs and all...
With confusion and overcrowding in the Houses in prospect for the fall, Winthrop House, with an eye to the future, is changing the large Senior Common Room in Standish Hall to make four intor's studies and still have some Common Room left.