Word: effort
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Close to Anger. Responsibility for the deadlock he placed squarely on the shoulders of extremists in both factions: "On the side of the National Government . . . there is a dominant group of reactionaries who have been opposed, in my opinion, to almost every effort I have made to influence the formation of a genuine coalition Government...
...general turn in the inflationary tide. But commodities-and retail prices-had leveled off (see chart). The Commerce Department's retail price index rose 28.9 points to above 170 (1935-39 average: 100). But except for rents (and there was little popular support of the effort to take the ceilings off them), the violent adjustments in prices had apparently been made...
...Heroes. As in every melee, few heroes stood out. G.E.'s Charles E. Wilson cried-and tried-to hold prices, but was swept upwards with the rest. Young Henry Ford II's determined effort to fix union responsibility fell short. Henry J. Kaiser might have turned out to be the hero of the year if he had turned out cars the way he had turned out his ships. But his car-making stuttered along like an 1896 horseless carriage. For great performance, U.S. business had no Man of the Year...
...years, made his first U.S. appearance in 15 years. In the audience were Violinists Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman and Nathan Milstein. Concertgoers used to the opulent Russian-style fiddling of Heifetz and Milstein had to pay sharp attention to Thibaud's delicate and smaller tone, but the effort was worth it. Thibaud played the violin solo in Lalo's melodious, tricky-rhythmed Symphonie Espagnole with the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. He had to come on stage six times to take bows...
Spokesmen at Phillips Book Store and the Harvard Book Store emphasized widespread shortages, but asserted that if lists are in their hands early enough, they can make wider contacts in an effort to track down hard-to-get volumes. They pointed out that used book marts throughout the nation, as well as the country's publishing houses, can supply many volumes if informed in time. Both agreed that to date they had received book lists from about 75 percent of the professors at the University...