Word: making
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History to Make. There was general agreement that this court was above average. What this really meant was that there were above average justices on it. The absence of a strong disciplinarian like the late Chief Justice Hughes contributed to the haggling among the justices; so did the ever-growing complexity of the problems which they were called upon to solve...
...said that it was all the fault of her boss, William E. Foley, chief of the Foreign Agents Registration Section. Foley (whom she also accused of being furious at her for taking two hours off to get a permanent) had given her the report, asked her to make notes, insisted that she take them to New York to study over the weekend. As for the rest of the data in her handbag-she was so overworked that she had to take things home...
...True, devaluation would make British exports easier to sell, but it would also make Britain's imports cost more in terms of sterling. Imports are already cut to the bare essentials. We are more certain that devaluation will increase the cost of imports than we are that it would increase the volume of exports. In the face of the U.S. recession, how do we know we can sell more British goods in the U.S. even if devaluation lowers the dollar price tags? If American domestic prices continue to fall, we would merely have to devalue again. The time...
...this may be added another cogent argument which few Britons are candid enough to make, even privately. It runs...
...make up for the drop in peso income, Gonzalez Videla was ready to ask Chile's Congress for permission to issue new paper money. With part of the money, backed by government-supported bonds, idle copper hands would be employed on public works projects...