Word: leveling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...violent condemnation abroad and confusion at home, although there are excellent reasons for his negative attitude. It is obvious that when the inflationists in Congress empowered Roosevelt they intended prices to rise higher than they have so far, and that the best way to settle business at a higher level is to let the dollar fall against foreign currency of its own accord until it stands near seventy cents...
...right to continue. By 'business' I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry: by workers I mean all workers-the white-collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level -I mean the wages of decent living...
Conductor Klemperer is as exciting to watch as the music he makes. He is so tall (6 ft. 7 in.) that he uses no podium but even without one he has to bend like a melon rind to get level with his men. When he spreads his arms an entire orchestra seems to fall under the shadow of his wings. For a lush string passage one arm will suddenly take the form of a violin while he plays on it with the other. He stands erect for staccato effects, hunches his head forward and fairly plucks the quick, short notes...
...loaf sold for 4? (see paragraph 2)-made in the cleanest bakeries and the highest wage scale in the world. (Note:-Shoes from Czechoslovakia, light globes from Japan, shirts from England, all sell below American prices. Are we seeking to hold the American Standard-or drop to the foreign level...
...your June 5 issue under Transportation, subhead "Green Ball," you state that Philadelphia & Western's streamlined railway equipment operates at 50 m.p.h. These cars were designed for speeds of 80 m.p.h. on level tangent track and have actually been clocked at 88 m.p.h. They make the 14-mi. journey between terminals at Philadelphia and Norristown in 16 minutes including one stop and two slowdowns en route...