Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Westerners were inclined to doubt the whole story. They pointed out that Saud was unlikely to use checks, that the choice of courier was improbable-Assad Ibrahim was reportedly only a simple Syrian farmer until his daughter caught the eye of one of Saud's roving agents and was installed as a favorite in the royal harem (Ibrahim's brother drives a taxicab in Damascus...
There was little doubt that businessmen were holding back. For the first time in almost three years, the total of loans outstanding in New York City banks fell below the year-ago level. One reason for businessmen's caution was that a fresh batch of Government statistics showed somewhat more gloom than cheer. Manufacturers' sales for January dropped by $400 million, new orders slumped by $900 million, and order backlogs dipped by $1.6 billion - the 13th straight monthly decline. Manufacturers' production went down even faster than sales. Result: inventories were cut $600 million in January...
Lawyers and airline experts think the CAB-and, for that matter, all agencies -should confine their hearings wholly to development of facts, call on contesting lawyers only when the facts are in doubt. Says one lawyer: "This would cut down the time of airline hearings from three months to three days." Both the Hoover Commission and the American Bar Association want more drastic changes; they recommend transfer of the agencies' judicial functions to the courts. This would free the agencies to investigate and make decisions, leave the courts to enforce their decisions with injunctions or penalties...
Said he: "The country is putting off buying because of doubt about the future. But the money is there. We have to get people to start spending...
...Doubt about the economic future is certainly a prime factor, along with complaints that prices are too high, cars too big and too little changed from last year. Finance companies are more choosy about making longterm, 36-month loans; the shorter payoffs require higher monthly payments than many people are willing to take...