Word: interests
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have read with great interest the account of Dr. Craig Taylor's experiments on the effect of high temperatures on the human body [TIME, Dec. 22]. I have wondered since if Dr. Taylor knew of similar experiments which were recorded by Sir David Brewster in his Letters on Natural Magic, written in 1832... . The report, in part, reads as follows...
...Birmingham, 21-year-old Mrs. Alec E. Fitzhugh said she strangled her three-year-old son with a diaper in order to collect $1,000 insurance to pay off three $50 loans and the $75 interest...
...State Department," said he, "has lost all interest in questions involving Latin America." With the notable exception of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, "statesmen of the great nation to the north are completely absorbed in European problems and in no way take interest in plans for economic cooperation with . . . the western hemisphere...
Many Americans, he found, "now look on Latin America as a kind of poor relation, troublesome, bothersome and unnecessary." U.S. newspapers, he said, showed little interest in the forthcoming Pan-American conference in Bogotá. "I am afraid there will not be a serious plan for economic cooperation presented [there] despite efforts of Colombian representatives [in Washington]. . . . The U.S. has soon forgotten the lesson taught by war-that parnership with the peoples of Latin America is necessary for its security...
Deflation. As expected, the Federal Reserve Banks took a tiny step to curb credit. With Federal Reserve Board approval, the rediscount rate (the interest which member banks must pay on advances from Federal Reserve Banks) was raised from 1% to 1¼% in nine of the twelve FRB districts...