Word: counteractions
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Both are very close friends of Harry Hopkins, who exhibited them in Washington as New Deal-tamed capitalists, thus giving some luster to the bumbling Business Advisory Council-to counteract the steady attacks from most businessmen on the Roosevelt policies. Both are personally attractive, able administrators. Neither has a record of great creative achievement nor a reputation as a man of ideas. Ed Stettinius' record, indeed, in the early defense-production days, was so badly spotted that he was kicked upstairs to the check-signing job as Lend-Lease Administrator, (TIME, March 10, 1941, et seq.). Behind...
...obstacle on the part of the Government." Several motives might be behind the Kremlin's new move-none of them religious. Stalin, a realistic man, may be looking for wider popular support among the Russian masses, thousands of whom have remained doggedly Christian. He may wish to counteract the influence of the Roman Catholic Church (the Vatican radio has been broadcasting to Russia in Russian). He may have a watchful eye on the predominantly Greek Orthodox Balkans. He may think it best for Russia to present a Christian front to Christian Europe, and to the other United Nations...
...blood pressure and stops hypertensive headaches), remove a diseased kidney (but be sure it is the right one) or cut the nerves that connect the abdominal blood vessels with the nervous system. Dr. Page modestly dismisses as still an unproved experiment his own discovery-a kidney extract injected to counteract angiotonin (TIME, March 3, 1941)-although it has effected some remarkable cures...
Gauleiter Hoffman of hard-hit Westphalia took the stand last week to counteract rumors of destruction and death circulating in the Ruhr. Said he: "It is claimed, for instance, that Hans Fritsche [official radio commentator] said in a broadcast that 10% of the armament industry has been destroyed in a raid on Dortmund. Fritsche said no such thing. This also applies to the catastrophe of the Möhne Dam. Twenty and 40 thousand were mentioned as the number of fatal casualties. The true figures were published. ... It is a deplorable fact . . . but we can admit it quite frankly...
...were up a little or down a little. Noteworthy on the up side was General Foods ($3,600,000 v. $2,700,000) but even more so was the fact that there were almost no serious nosedives. Most consistent losers, compared to last year: the utilities, which could not counteract higher taxes with even higher gross earnings...