Word: directness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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election the Liberals joined the Cath (Christian Socialists) in a cabinet. The Catholics left the Finance Ministry - and the chance to cut taxes as - to the Liberals' sturdy Henri Last week Belgium's Parliament was Finance Minister Liebaert's cut in direct taxes (on property, shares), which would save Bel prosperous, free-enterprising tax $5,000,000 this year. Further reductions, hoped Liebaert, would save $30 million in 1950 and $40 million in 1951. Though Belgium has a deficit of $90 million this year, Liebaert, no advocate of the welfare state, thought he could still balance...
Some of this information had been rumored; all of it could be guessed at by competent physicists. But Senator Johnson's dope, presumably coming direct from the Atomic Energy Commission, was far more valuable to an enemy than any rumor that might have been planted deliberately. Last week Congressional leaks (i.e., Senator Johnson) got a sharp rebuke from President Truman, who demanded that such leaks stop. But the beans the Senator spilled had already rattled their way around the world...
When asked about atomic energy, Mr. Arbuthnot, Frank Sullivan's cliche expert, said "humanity is at the crossroads." The AEC's next chairman had better be prepared to direct a lot of traffic...
Last week they found a man to direct the job. Their choice: John Davenport, a member of FORTUNE'S board of editors since 1937, longtime friend of London Economist Editor Geoffrey Crowther. Lean, intense and articulate, new Editor Davenport, 45, is a Yaleman ('26), yachtsman (he sails his own 45-ft. cutter) and an alumnus of the New York World...
...viewer from the red-reflecting mirror (see diagram). Blue light from the blue tube is reflected by the blue-reflecting mirror, but passes through the red-reflecting mirror to the eye. Green light from the green tube is not reflected at all. It reaches the eye direct. The viewer sees the three pictures superimposed so that they blend to form a full-color picture...