Word: hastening
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...full month's delay before any action would be taken on the price bill. Moreover, the committee's two-week needling of Leon & bill made clear that there were further delays ahead. Members would return with enough questions to last till Christmas. Only thing likely to hasten them: a price rise so steep that the entire nation yelled in pain. Then a law might be too late...
...hasten to answer your interesting letter . . . and to say most emphatically that TIME should not go into the business of feeding a lot of pap to Latin Americans. They know plenty about our faults and it is absurd to try to cover these faults for the sake of a few timid people at home...
...their consciences dictate is the great and fundamental right of all people. This right has been denied to their peoples by both the Nazi and the Soviet Governments. . . . Any defense against Hitlerism, any rallying of the forces opposing Hitlerism, from whatever source these forces may spring, will hasten the eventual downfall of the present German leaders, and will therefore redound to the benefit of our own defense and security...
Last week Vichy's wily, grey little Vice Premier Admiral Jean François Darlan announced that France "will act to hasten the hour of peace." Since he also was openly of the opinion that Britain could not win the war, this was tantamount to saying that France would now openly help the Axis end the war by winning it. That Britain was well aware of her former ally's hostile intentions was evident...
...best security issues than ever. The bankers will become mere bone-fed finders of private placements. Since the insurance companies have already been put on the spot before TNEC for absorbing so huge a share of U.S. investment opportunities (TIME, March 10), SEC's new rule will doubtless hasten the day when insurance, too, will pass under Federal control. The Government's attacks on the power of Wall Street always wind up by increasing...