Word: effect
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...credit to your reporting of Banker Hevener's humiture in TIME, Aug. 15, pp. 9 & 10. It arouses an interest I developed years ago, namely-why not "do something" about weather to the extent of interpreting it in terms of effect on humans? THEODORE C. COMBS...
...spite of Mr. Roosevelt's sincere concern for the purity of primaries, citizens were puzzled when they recalled how he had urged, in effect, that the terms "Republican" and "Democrat" be superseded by "Conservative" and "Liberal." In which case party membership as now known means nothing...
...Achille Starace, Fascist Party Secretary, reaffirmed an agreement made in 1931. By this deal, Catholic Action stays out of politics; its leaders may not be antiFascist. In return, the Party guarantees that no measures will be taken against its members who are also members of Catholic Action. In effect, reaffirmation of the deal served notice on Fascist Catholics that they must toe the party line-no matter what the Pope's views on anti-Semitism or other "political" matters...
...minimum motortruck freight rates for the New England and Central States. To stop destructive rate wars in the industry, ICC established a new "floor," averaging 1½% higher in New England and 3½% higher in the Central district than rates now in effect...
...Class I carrier approved by ICC, this pro-bondholder plan is a far cry from most of those adopted before 1933's amendments to the Federal Bankruptcy Act. Formerly, the practice was for underwriters to get a friendly creditor to bring suit in a friendly court, thus in effect pick their own receiver-who generally favored stockholders over bondholders; often railroads were in as bad shape after reorganization as before. Under Section 77, ICC can insist on its own reorganization terms or rewrite plans originally submitted. ICC accepted almost wholly the trustee's draft of the Great Western...