Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...That he knew the Court Bill was lost but believed that the moral effect would be better if instead of retreating he pressed on to take his licking; that he thought it better politics to go down fighting like a man, then start afresh with public sympathy to make a comeback...
...effect Washington said to Rio: "You credit us with some paper dollars; we credit you with that much gold. You tell everyone this good news and they will be so impressed that it will be easier for you to scare off speculators from your currency and secure commercial credits...
...Warren, suave chairman of the finance committee of Williams' Board of Trustees. But when the story was published as fact by the Springfield Republican, President Dennett broke his silence to announce that for two weeks his resignation had been sealed, delivered, and accepted by the trustees to take effect Sept. i. "The sole issue between the president and the board," barked Tyler Dennett, "has been whether he should be regarded as an employe of the board...
...they would not hatch, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau has since last December been sitting on the Government's sterilized golden nest egg. Ever since then, the Government has been buying all the gold imported into the U. S. and storing it away to prevent the normal inflationary effect of such an influx. With recent imports of $5,000,000 a day and a sterile nest egg of $1,145,000,000, Mr. Morgenthau has been kept busy borrowing money to buy more of the wretched stuff...
...accounts for more than one-half of all dollar bonds in default. Approximately 75% of the $1,500,000,000 worth of Latin American dollar bonds outstanding have gone sour in some degree. Only country with unblemished standing in this area of blighted credit is Haiti, which was, in effect, thrown into receivership by the U. S. Marines in the days of Woodrow Wilson. The neighboring Dominican Republic which also received ministrations from the U. S. Marines, has kept up on interests but is behind on sinking fund payments. In national credit standing Argentina outranks all Latin America but several...