Word: depressionitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Look Behind the Mask." "Remember," said Harry, "this is Ike's record just as much as it is Ezra Taft Benson's. Secretary Benson is merely the President's hired man." His voice taking on the old whistle-stop vigor, he gave 'em more: "This is...
Chile's experience with controls started out in 1931 as a Depression attempt to subsidize business by giving varying values to the peso (which had been traded freely at eight to the dollar). Depending on their utility, as evaluated by the bureaucracy, various imports got various rates; e.g., whisky...
The field has attracted fakers and incompetents. The classic boner was made by the experts who, in the 1920 depression, strongly advised G.M. to drop Chevrolet and quit the low-priced car business. Some consultants, concerned more with fees than duty, sidestep the job of giving unpleasant advice. One consultant...
"One Party" Press. Graham's Post is part of a larger Washington press phenomenon. Some Democratic politicians among them Harry Truman and Adlai Stevenson, have often charged that the U.S. has a "one party," i.e., Republican, press. But if the owners and publishers of U.S. newspapers constitute a force...
Dream Man. The pattern of Phil Graham's life is the envy of many a politician and looks, indeed, like a quick montage of the American dream. Graham was born in South Dakota in the Black Hills mining town of Terry, near the site where Calamity Jane died. When...