Word: distrusters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pact with the devil." Pinay fought back. From his notes in a big cardboard folder he drew some startling statistics. Example: French peasants and the petit bourgeois have hoarded more than 15 times as much gold as there is in the Bank of France. The obvious reasons: 1) Frenchmen distrust their own paper currency, which seems to buy less every day; 2) many wealthy Frenchmen have avoided paying taxes for so long that they no longer dare invest their money for fear of being found out. By restoring confidence in the franc, and by waiving prosecution of past tax offenders...
...ready to acknowledge certain prejudices which may in varying measure predetermine their opinions on the news." They listed a catalogue of typical convictions: "1. A belief that the world is round and an admiration of the statesman's 'view of all the world.' "2. A general distrust of the pres ent tendency toward increasing inter ference by the government...
...drama. It seems unfortunate that Harvard is unable to keep up any such creative outposts for very long. This matter is hardly ever one of impracticability, for time and money have been found in the past for many projects. It is, I feel, a problem of the distrust of anything new and unfamiliar to University life. Baker went to Yale: Richard Filipowski has been approached by another university which realizes the necessity for the course. If we deplore the lack of a theatre now, how long will it take us to realize that we need Design 1 back again...
Women with brains have practically no chance of finding a husband, according to research done by Cornell. The researchers agreed that men distrust a woman who is intellectually and culturally superior. They also said that many universities are planning courses to develop intellect and feminine charm to curb this fault...
...true, most are charged with a strong dose of moral philosophy, and most read as easily as Author Cronin's best fiction. They also constitute the autobiographical confessions of a man who, like a true Scot, has always combined a passion for material success with a deep distrust of the pride of spirit that often comes with...