Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Whose speed was far faster than light...
...mostly won't work. He claims he is Conservative because conservatism stands for private enterprise unfettered by bureaucracy. This inflames me, because I can't make him believe that private enterprise and capitalism, coupled with this country's social rules of class distinction, actually stifle initiative faster than the best blueblooded Tory can stifle a yawn...
Sure everything was on the road back to normalcy. The headlines weren't any worse than they were in the thirties, and the same old gripers had the same old gripes. But the wheel of progress was moving faster and faster. Maybe Vag was out of tune with the times. Maybe everything would work out for the best in the end. But meanwhile there was so much to do and so little time to do it in. Let's not miss anything. Get in there and pitch, sonny, there's no telling when the game will be called on account...
...death of OPA had started it. Canada had upped the value of its currency because it feared that i) prices in the U.S. would soar much faster than they had (see Prices), 2) the U.S. dollar would be worth much less. Last week, Sweden hastily followed Canada's lead. It also raised the value of its currency, boosting the krona from 23.82 U.S. cents to 27.77 cents, a 14% increase. Both nations were guessing that the U.S. would have 10 to 14% more inflation than it now has. There were reports that Argentina, and several other nations, would soon...
...Unlike most unions, the pilots' association wanted to bargain with each airline individually. Unlike most employers, the airlines wanted to bargain as a group. Nub of the dispute was the speed, weight and payload of new planes, notably the Constellation. The pilots wanted more pay for flying the faster four-engine planes...