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...bulging, well-documented Franco index (said to contain some 2,000,000 names) was being annotated from the personal memories of the Fifth Column. Moreover, a large portion of the Loyalist population was being forced, under the threat of punishment, to become informers. The Serenas, picturesque night watchmen who let people into their homes late at night for a small tip, were ordered for questioning. The two oldest inhabitants of any building in which ''murder, robberies, looting, arrests or any other offenses were committed" were ordered to appear before military courts. All those possessing documents, pamphlets, court records...
Most production indexes showed a steady rise from June to November when the " 15-week sidewise move" began. A corresponding rise in TIME'S index of Business Conditions (see below) took place from March to August, when the TiMEline wavered, subsequently to reach a new peak on the first of the year, and then begin another descent (which has not yet indicated a reversal of the major uptrend). This in no way contradicts the sidewise movement of other indexes, for the TIME index reports not production but the relative soundness of business conditions. Since business activity has lagged several...
...cannot truly measure the tangible results of a man's knowledge or of his self development; his increasing curiosity, self reliance, and self expression are better indices of his progress. These are developed by informal discussion. Hence the figure of eleven students taking the Bliss exam is no vital index of their inspiration. We would learn something from a course in or a regimentation of the study of American Civilization; but can we afford to sacrifice our voluntary self education? Samuel S. Binnian...
...sharp decline in the public's spending throughout the U. S. last week caused TIME'S Index of Business Conditions to drop from 98.5 to 95.4. A contributing factor in the Index's third successive decline was evidence of a slight further expansion of inventory...
...booklet explaining TIME'S Index and the principles on which it is based, may be obtained by writing the Editor of TIME, TIME & LIFE Building, New York City...