Word: indirections
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...legislation to curb inflation (see p. 15). Its fears were put into a lot of fiscal words that added up to: Look out. That afternoon, reporters found Jesse Jones between trains at St. Louis. As usual, the big man declined to make a direct comment; as usual, dropped an indirect one: he saw no danger of inflation...
...like a pay-as-you-go policy. The virtually insuperable problem: where to get the money. Only two major untapped revenue sources were open. One was the direct means of lowering exemptions and raising rates on lower-income groups, as per Mr. Taft's proposal. Another was the indirect means of ceasing to issue tax-exempt securities. Net total of tax-exempt securities (Federal, State, local) is now some...
...oldsters being replaced by such men as Senator-Bishop Bunker and Senator-Newshawk Joseph Ball of Minnesota (35) its Mormon quota had gone up. Already sitting were Saints William H. King and D.Thomas of Utah. Lame Duck King will be replaced Jan. 3 by chubby Saint Abe Murdock. One indirect Mormon loss: the passing from politics of Mormon-admiring Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona...
Stubborn Turks. As Russia goes, so goes Turkey. Turkey would scarcely dare to stand alone. The surprising firmness of Turkey last week may have been an indirect clue to Russia's mood. Just after German Ambassador Franz von Papen returned to Ankara with German "offers," the Turkish Government clamped martial law upon the land, ordered blackouts, revised train schedules, declared restrictions on automobile travel. The Istanbul newspaper Yeni Sabah challenged: "We do not recognize the German right to hand us an ultimatum. Germany can speak to us only as equals...
...strings. Director Plaut would have liked to raise $25,000 to remodel it, but the war held him down. He settled for $4,000, contributed by Institute members, painted the red brick front grey, the front door bright blue, the interior pale blue. He lighted it by fluorescent indirect lamps...