Word: ordering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...John grandly took the law into his own ham hands. The choice was a three-day week or an industrywide shutdown. In order "to remove the stresses & strains which could cause industry and public irritation," he ordered miners east of the Mississippi to go back to work after July 4, but only on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays...
...lord of the coal mines did not say how long his order would stay in effect; it would undoubtedly last at least until the coal operators signed a new contract...
...year ago, the West's economic experts wiped out 90% of West Germany's inflated currency and clamped tight restrictions on credit in order to guard against a relapse into inflation. Many industries, notably the Ruhr mines, lack funds to replace badly worn-out equipment. Businessmen, without long-term risk capital, are forced to seek quick profits; they build nightclubs and theaters rather than homes and factories...
...Chinese, the Formosans were well off. Nevertheless they were grumbling. In guarded whispers they spoke of the "good old days" of Japanese rule. The years since V-J day had taken with them much of the sting of iron-fisted totalitarianism. The islanders now remembered how Japan had given , order to their lives, while China had brought them to the brink of chaos. The reason for their discontent was easy...
Calm Intention. Many Republican leaders seemed calmly confident of their ability to maintain order and check Communism in Indonesia. At week's end, President Soekarno repeated that he had no intention of yielding to Communist pressure, but warned that the Communists in Indonesia would grow stronger every day that the Dutch put off granting real national independence...