Word: normalization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...formally protest to Secretary of State Hull. The effective pressure came from Britain, whose stake in Mexican oil is larger than that of the U. S. It is the theory of the British Foreign Office that if it is to be prevented, by the Monroe Doctrine, from following its normal policy in dealing with backward countries in such affairs, then the least the U. S. can do is to see to it that the natives maintain a decent regard for Anglo-Saxon property rights...
...President Roosevelt has suffered a permanent loss of prestige in the congressional arena. This conclusion is the one to which the increasing independence of Congress has been leading for some time, and represents a return to that balance of power between the legislature and the executive which is the normal and healthy condition of American government; but it is unfortunate that this constructive trend should have been demonstrated by the tactics of an irresponsible opposition...
...dealers in the U. S. and an indeterminate number of independents with lots full of jalopies, statistics of their trade are never very precise. Estimates of the used car glut on March 5 ranged from 700,000 to 1,000,000, with the latter figure probably the more accurate (normal: 500,000). Last week, as reports of the drive poured into Detroit, Automotive Daily News estimated that 175,000 used cars had been sold. This reduced dealers' inventories by 60,000 cars, gave them an aggregate $50,000,000 in business. Other figures...
Used cars sold averaged roughly $275 each and at least a third of the deals were "clean" (i.e., cars sold without a car being traded in). Sales ran from two and one-half to three times the normal weekly turnover. Best sellers were the highest-priced models. Ford dealers sold an estimated 57,000 units, General Motors 65,000, Chrysler 30,000. Last week WPA announced that for the first time in four months Detroit relief rolls fell. Said Ford Sales Manager John Raymond Davis, who conceived the used car drive: "From 30% to 60% of the transactions made...
...cost $340,500, have four 900 h.p. Wright Cyclone engines, wing span of 107 ft., length of 74 ft. The fuselage, 11 ft. wide, seats 33 daytime passengers, has berths for 16, reclining chairs for nine night travelers, accommodation for three flying officers, hostess and Filipino house boy. Its normal speed is around 200 m.p.h., range, with full 9,750-lb. load, about 1,000 miles. For $50,000 more* cabins can be sealed against varying outside air pressures but the Stratoliner, despite its impressive name, goes nowhere near the stratosphere, 32,000 ft. up. Service ceiling...