Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brave people close to danger who are willing, if need be, to absorb the first shock of devastating attack ... It is not right to treat such people as mendicants." As for an armament race, "that cannot occur under the treaty without our consent, and the Congress, through its control of appropriations, has that situation under its control...
There is one point on which McPherrin agrees with Health Minister Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan, with whom he talked. To work effectively, such a government health plan needs "complete centralized control." Concludes McPherrin: "I don't think many Americans would be willing to grant that much control because they are not used to that type of government...
...foot throttle in "Wild Bill" Cantrell's boat went out of whack. The 1,710 horses in his mahogany-hulled boat relaxed; My Sweetie came almost to a stop. Wild Bill, a veteran of Indianapolis' 500-mile auto race, quickly reached under his dashboard for the gasoline-control rod, finished the heat with one hand on the wheel and the other on the throttle rod. After that, the last two heats were easy. After repairs, Wild Bill and My Sweetie not only won the race but set a new record (78.6 m.p.h.) in the third heat...
Flatly disputing Nye Bevan, the commission reported itself satisfied that "the British press is inferior to none in the world." Rejecting government licensing or control, it added: "In our view free enterprise in the production of newspapers is a prerequisite of a free press, and free enterprise will generally mean commercially profitable enterprise . . . We see no reason to think that newspapers attached to ... political parties, trade unions or other organizations would . . . have greater regard for truth and fairness...
Despite its size, the Du Pont chain of command which Tom Clark wanted to dismember was simple. The Du Pont family controls the Christiana Securities Co. (TIME, Feb. 21), a holding company in which anyone can buy stock (current bid price: $3,050 a share). Christiana Securities Co., plus other holdings of the Du Pont family, control E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. In turn, Du Pont controls General Motors Corp. through its 10 million shares of G.M. stock. Du Pont and G.M. together own Kinetic Chemicals, Inc., a maker of refrigerants; G.M. and Standard Oil Co. (N.J.) own Ethyl...