Word: edicted
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...last major fashion edict-that hair simply must be upswept-overcame the temporary setback to the hairdressing art caused by the wide acceptance of the medieval pageboy bob, a hair fashion that needed slight and infrequent attention...
...passed, no edict issued. Investors were simply advised that their cash is needed at home to finance rearmament, that the pound sterling must not be weakened by further flight of capital. This step towards totalitarian economics produced no excitement. Sir John simply wished, and British-fashion, business "assented...
Look at the picture today! We are more familiar with Hitler's latest edict (made at 10 a. m. today) than we are with what our 14-year-old daughter, Jane, was doing out until 3 o'clock this morning. If we want to communicate with Neville Chamberlain concerning the Munich disagreement, we have a cablegram on the way before we have had time to think what we should...
...many economists now consider the beginning of Depression II. Last February, when Moody's Index stood at 150, Franklin Roosevelt again sounded off on commodity prices, declared that with certain exceptions such as building materials they were again too low, should go up. This time, however, the Presidential edict seemed to have lost its magic. Despite renewed inflation in the form of desterilized gold and relaxed bank reserve requirements, commodity prices on June i reached the lowest point since 1934-130 on Moody's Index...
...remarks would not be complete without taking recognition of the apparent beliefs of many of you that the satisfactory solution of our problem lies in superimposing the answer from without- by Government edict, as against developing it from within-through the spirit of cooperation. On this we stand at the crossroads. . . . Government is essential to protect and develop our civilization. But let us have government by law- thou shall or shall not-not government by edict. That means a stifling regulation -the direct road to regimentation. And when we start, there is no turning back...