Word: effect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dewey to state in effect that he criticizes publicly members of the opposition party, but never his sainted Republican brethren, is to reduce almost completely the value of his public criticism in the minds of thinking people. Intellectual honesty requires that politicians support what they believe in and oppose what they don't believe in, regardless of party lines...
...overall loss in physical resources and assets was relatively small. Only about 1% of our forest resources was burned or damaged. ... Losses in farm stands, while severe to owners, will have small effect on Maine's overall agricultural economy. . . . The attractive Bar Harbor colony lost some valuable summer estates and the Kennebunkport area suffered heavily, but . . . most of our seashore and lake resorts were untouched by the fires...
...doors. Anderson battled stubbornly for two. hours. He pleaded that he hated to refuse information to Congress. He protested that the 1936 law stood in his way; it specified that names of traders must be kept confidential by the Government. But if Congress would pass a resolution which, in effect, rescinded that part of the law, he was sure the President would sign it. (That would also give Anderson an opening to make the list public...
Under the plan sent to Congress by Harry Truman, the U.S., in effect, would supply dollars to Europe to buy goods from Latin America. The plan provided that Latins shoulder part of the trade deficit themselves by grants and credits to Europe. But U.S. dollars spent in dollar-short Latin America on goods for Europe might total as much as $300 million a year...
...foreign exchange restrictions. Last week, another makeshift was adopted. Prime Minister Mackenzie King told Parliament that a 91-day agreement had been reached with Britain on food contracts (TIME, Dec. 15). The stopgap deal wall expire on March 31-the day before ERP is expected to go into effect...