Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...frenetic Scottish reel to give a seduction scene a surprisingly erotic effect. His trial sequence, neatly dovetailing flashbacks of testimony into the lawyers' summations, is a fresh, economical way to film courtroom action. Many a moviegoer may find Director Lean's storytelling entertaining enough to divert attention from the weaknesses of the story...
...Controls. There were other-and bigger-conflicts ahead. What would happen if Brannan wanted steel for farm machinery and the Munitions Board wanted the same steel for tanks? Or if Interior's Chapman refused to divert electric power to make aluminum Sawyer wanted? Under the law, the National Security Resources Board has power to referee interdepartmental squabbles, and NSRB Chairman Stuart Symington in effect speaks with the voice of the President. But since Cabinet members have the right of appeal from his orders, it seemed likely that most critical squabbles would land right in the lap of the President...
...take veteran soldiers out of fighting units to train UMTers would also cut down the U.S.'s combat effectiveness just when it was most needed. Johnson himself asked only for a "standby" program, pointing out that "we cannot divert officers and men . . at this time...
...Treasury also took a hand. It announced that savings banks, insurance companies, etc., can now buy up to $1,100,000 (only $100,000 previously) in series F and G Government bonds. By raising the quotas, the Treasury hopes to divert the bonds from commercial banks, where they can be used as the basis for more inflationary loans...
...nothing down, without even paying cash for closing fees. He also slashed by 5% the amount of FHA mortgage insurance available for non-G.I. buyers. (The immediate effect was to start a rush to buy homes, and the scare sent house prices rising.) The President was hoping to divert to war uses some of the lumber, steel, aluminum and other scarce materials now going into housing...