Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...general consensus of date-takers among those guardians of antiquity seems to be that, "Girls love it." One dour model T man was heard to remark traitorously, however, "The engine makes so much noise, a woman's hearse before she gets home...
...Washington the consensus was that the U.S. is preoccupied with developments in Paris, in eastern Europe, and with its domestic troubles (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). The public was concerned about Russian aims but did not yet clearly understand their connection with events in China. The Cabinet was reported to be influenced by Commerce Secretary Henry A. Wallace's vigorous dislike of the Kuomintang and by the unwillingness of many members to make a clear-cut decision on China that would lead to a loud public argument. It was again proposed that President Truman simply reaffirm his declaration of last December...
Trouble in Stocks. Nor was the stockmarket, the consensus of guesses on the business future, reassuring. For the second consecutive week it cracked badly. The Dow-Jones index of industrial stock prices fell 5.95 points in one day, the sharpest break since May 1940. By week's end it was down 8.56 points to 189.19. The decline was as steep as the one which signaled the collapse of the last big bull market in 1937 (see chart). (Some Gloomy Guses observed that the 1937 recession was also preceded by piling up of inventories...
...Jules Pfeiffer) reached Broadway after five years of racketing about the country (TIME, March 29, 1943). Before running up the curtain, Producer Pfeiffer set a Broadway precedent by running down the play. Said his outsize newspaper ads: "The management of Maid in the Ozarks believes that the . . . critical consensus will be that this . . . is the worst play that has ever hit Broadway...
...workingmen morally obliged to join a union?" asked the exam. The priestly consensus: a qualified yes. "Certainly all those who enjoy benefits gained by a union are obliged to join and protect the welfare of themselves and others...