Word: foresaw
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...about 13 billion dollars for veteran relief, of which more than five billions went to World War men. The U. S. he said is now spending about $845,000,000 per year for all veteran relief, of which $699,000,000 goes to participants in the last war. He foresaw a billion-dollar annual outlay before long. Said...
Senor de Viguri folded his large hands over his imposing stomach and replied: "Gentlemen, I am surprised that you come here to complain about a situation the government not only foresaw but intended to bring about when it passed the new tariff. We expect within a short time not only to see you up to your necks but over your heads...
...week Irving Trust Co. blamed Great Britain for the drop in silver, saying it was caused by putting India on a gold standard. Causes? Great economists differ on the question of whether the World Depression was caused by the crash of U. S. stockmarkets, or whether the latter merely foresaw the business trend.* Similarly, an endless debate goes on concerning the problem of whether Over-Production was a cause of the Depression or has been merely accentuated by it. To industries already faced with Over-Production. the Depression has been an almost fatal blow. Oil consumption was nearing stability...
...relatives and founded Lawrance Aero Engine Corp. While his wife, the former Emily Dix (granddaughter of famed John Adams Dix, onetime governor of New York) disposed of part of their Long Island estate to raise funds, he completed his nine-cylinder models. By that time Wright Aeronautical Corp. foresaw the collapse of the market for water-cooled types which it had been building. In 1923 Wright bought out Lawrance Aero Engine Corp. and acquired the founder. Soon afterward the Whirlwind series was born...
...gold delegation of the financial committee of the League of Nations made an interim report. From leading gold-mining experts the committee obtained the general opinion that gold production will rise during the next few years, slump gradually until 1940, then drop sharply. On this hypothesis, the committee foresaw a possible gold shortage, a great depression in prices. Remedies were suggested against this theoretical danger...