Word: killinger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Grand Illusion. "For us in Britain, the 19th Century ended amid the glories of the Victorian era, and we entered upon the dawn of the 20th in high hope . . . Little did we guess that what has been called the Century of the Common Man would witness as its outstanding...
Old-style colonial imperialism is dead as an instrument of development. Capitalism must shoulder what President Harry Truman called a "bold new program." Specific examples of what capitalist enterprise can do were given by Nelson Rockefeller, president of the International Basic Economy Corp., a business with the avowed purpose of...
The Bermudians were only following U.S. resort practices in charging what the traffic would bear. They also had to pay higher prices themselves for their imports from England. But there were some who suspected that automobiles and inflated prices were spoiling the old place. "They're killing the golden...
Says the Economist: "A state which taxes away 40% of all incomes, and much more of the incomes of the successful and energetic, is killing the motive power that keeps it alive."
After mulling over this prospect for two days, the bitter rivals got together. Emerging from the Palacio like a couple of spanked schoolboys, Jefes Carlos Lleras Restrepo of the Liberals and Guillermo León Valencia of the Conservatives pledged support to the government's peace program. As a...