Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Closing the Bank. But if it was Britain that was broke, why was the conference in Washington? Why not in London? The conferees hoped that the answer to that question would be grasped from Portland, Me. to Portland, Ore. For in the world of 1947, Britain's predicament, no matter what its cause, was of as much concern to the U.S. as to Britain herself. Out of self-interest, if for no other reason, the U.S. could not afford...
When he came to the surplus, it was the newsmen's turn to poke a hot political question at Harry Truman. What were the chances for tax reduction? The President would not say, right out, that there could be no tax cut. But he strongly implied that any effort to reduce taxes next year would get a heavy going over by him. Treasury Secretary John Snyder, patting his round, little private surplus, nodded approval as the President explained his tax policy: cut the debt by taxing heavily in prosperous times. Added Harry Truman: "The international situation has also made...
Nobody wanted disloyal people in jobs that made them dangerous to the U.S. But the question was how to insure the maximum security for the state without trampling on the basic American principle of individual rights. To date, nobody had a good answer...
...British for not foreseeing the "run on the bank." Washington's own overoptimism was dying hard. It still professed hopes of a freer trading world, based on the agreement which 18 nations had reached last week at Geneva. But nobody in Washington had a clear answer to this question: How was the world going to move toward freer trade until a businessman could once again walk into a bank and exchange one currency for another at a rate fixed by the operation of free markets...
...witness thought he knew what was wanted; he put hand to forehead and intoned: "Heaven is above and earth below. May my conscience be relied upon!" Did a witness know the difference between truth and falsehood? the court wanted to know. When phrased in literary Chinese, this seemed a question for Kant or Confucius. The witness said "No." Did he know the difference between right and wrong? "Oh, naturally," said the relieved Chinese...