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...commission can act only in an advisory capacity in settling international disputes. As a guidepost, it will point the direction for oil industries to follow until a proposed world conference replaces this interim agreement by a treaty among other interested nations...
Through the Wringer. Although the Court split sharply on how it had arrived at where it was, the meaning of its new position was plain. The decision gave FPC a free hand to set utility rates on any basis it wishes. The only guidepost is whether the rates are "just and reasonable." But the burden of proof is on the utilities...
...handle the interpretation that "the Emperor might well emerge himself as a wise and statesman-like ruler," other than to express regret that a man whom I admire for years of factual reporting has joined the ranks of others who feel we could use the Emperor as a guidepost, that we must not broadcast anything overseas which would offend the son of heaven, and that we must renounce a military governorship or invasion of Japan. This unfortunate position ranks with the belief that Korea should be left to Japan as a mandate! This reflects British Imperial policy, of the days...
...hard to make any accurate predictions, except that hard times are ahead. Continual planning and continual revising will be necessary, and many important decisions as to "unessentials" will have to be made under pressure. But if the enunciated attitude of the University is a guidepost for the future, then education will still be the bedrock of democracy when the war has passed into history...
...cooling system. Same evening the Zephir shot away, uneventfully buzzed the 2,390 miles to Pan American's Long Island base at Manhasset Bay. With four men aboard, the silver and yellow flying boat covered the route in 22 hours, using Pan American's radio as a guidepost. Shrugged Ruddy Captain Joachim Blankenburg: "A routine flight . . . an everyday event. I am glad to say, however, that we had about everything the ocean could offer in the way of weather...