Word: patly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pat Answer. In its monthly Business Review, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank also said the steelmen were wrong. Steelmen contended that the uniform basing price was a necessary and "natural" protection for an industry with high capital outlay and high freight charges. In effect, said the bank, they were describing their industry as a "natural monopoly." "If [that] were granted," it warned, "a good case could be made out for regulation of the industry as a public utility...
...manufacturer's steel bill, said the bank, was only one consideration in placing his plant. Others were labor, transportation, and markets. Snapped the bank: "The full impact of the change in our economy will not be apparent for some time, and investigators should not be misled by pat arguments which seem to furnish easy answers to complex problems...
Divorced. Iva Sergei Voidato ("Pat") Patcevitch, 47, dapper, Russian-born president of Condé Nast Publications (Vogue, Glamour): by Nadejda Gelli-brand Patcevitch, beauteous onetime Vogue (of London) staffer; after fifteen years of marriage, no children; in Reno...
...three brisk, businesslike days in convention Canada's Tories last week made two fateful decisions. They stood pat on their historic Conservative policies, ignoring the "Progressive" in the party's name. To head the party they picked a dynamic leader: George Alexander Drew, Ontario's Premier...
Drugs like aspirin raise the "pain threshold"-i.e., the point where sensations, often pleasant ones, ring the alarm of pain. An affectionate pat becomes a painful slap, for instance, if the patter pats hard enough. A person who has been