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...once the British Navy was powerless; three warships that had tried to rescue the Amethyst had been turned back severely damaged...
Iranians could use such a non-political mission. For years they have been oppressed by the landlordmerchant governing class; taxes are regressive, administrators corrupt, and famines frequent. Honest and progressive elements are powerless against the numerous, well-heeled special interests and all reforms eventually end up stillborn...
...remain low. Another result of the sales to the Reserve System, however, was that member banks received reserve money in return, on which they could base even greater amounts of new credit. So long as this policy kept the interest rate low and bank reserves high, the Reserve was powerless to take strong action toward decreasing the money supply--the primary source of inflation...
Europe: "We are in complete agreement on the need for immediate action by all the North Atlantic Treaty countries ... to strengthen the Atlantic community." This was meant to reassure Europeans that the U.S. would not get so embroiled in Asia that it would be powerless to help other allies...
...management the right to fire anyone for any reason without full union approval. Thus, by 1946, Reds had gained editorial control of Tokyo's major dailies. Although many of the Red leaders were finally ousted under the prodding of occupation authorities, many lesser Communists remained and management was powerless to do anything about them...