Word: ifs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Debt: The other side of an investment is a debt. Debt is a very bad word in the folkways. Yet few people realize that if there were no debts there would be no investments, and nothing to be called capitalism.* It is important to keep debt and investment closely associated...
"Spending is a 'bad' word. Avoid it like a copperhead. Talk about Government running expenses and Government plant. Talk about putting the Government budget on a business basis, rather than about triple budgets or capital budgets. If spending must be discussed, always remember that every dollar spent by...
In San Juan, P. R., Judge Robert Cooper asked an eight-year-old witness: "Do you know what an oath is? What will happen to you if you tell a lie?" The boy: "I'll get warts." The Judge: "I think he is qualified."
1) They will cause shipyards to step up production little if at all. Reason: shipbuilding is one industry in which large companies are already operating at virtually full capacity. Major U. S. shipyards, with a backlog of $1,062,800,000 of U. S. Navy business, are jammed up, cannot...
In Chicago a suit for separate maintenance disclosed a share-the-husband scheme which had worked temporarily. Introduced as evidence was a letter from Wife Mary Petersen to the other woman, Mrs. Caroline Bertram: "My husband is going to be home on his birthday. . . . If you want to come for...