Word: might
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hayne in those days decided some very important issues ... I would not be surprised if history repeated itself." Just what this fine-sounding remark really meant was hard to say. Perhaps Lucas was only trying to suggest that since there were important issues still to be decided, Congressmen might possibly rise to the stature of Clay, Calhoun, Webster & Co. in meeting them. If that is what he meant, his optimism was understandably guarded...
...soft-coal diggers of his United Mine Workers-had some basis in fact. As a result of overproduction, diminishing demands and skidding prices, the soft-coal mines were indeed facing the perilous possibility of a cutthroat price war. If it came to the pinch, a lot of little companies might be destroyed and a lot of John's miners would be out of jobs...
...some operators it seemed like a good idea, but the big Northern bloc did not agree. Efficient operators would be unfairly penalized, they argued. Beyond that, their connivance might put them in violation of the antitrust laws...
Cool and demure, Priscilla Hiss corroborated almost everything her husband had said. She denied any part of the Chamberses' story which might tie her husband into any Communist plot. Occasionally she rested her white-gloved hands on the arms of the chair, where Esther Chambers, angry eyes snapping through spectacles, had rested her work-hardened hands...
...Maximum penalty: $500 fine for first offense, up to $2,000 for any subsequent one. If the company is found guilty, and if it is unable to win a reversal, Standard might just as well go out of business...