Word: tested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proved that the Fords are violating the hour and wage scales prescribed by Washington, but they refuse to throw open their books to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and this, since they are not members, is reasonable enough. General Johnson, however, is eager for a test of his much touted enforcement machinery, and there is little doubt that he will visit vengeance in Dearborn unless the Fords capitulate...
...experimenters placed oxygen in a test tube and induced a high excitation in it by electricity; they then examined the gas through a spectroscope and compared the results with the spectrum of the solar corona. Although a slight discrepancy appears in these observations, it can be readily accounted for by the inability to produce in the laboratory the exact conditions...
...your pleasant review of my latest novel you make the statement that "In real life people never talk so wordily to the point." Are you sure of that? It is a modern and popular dictum, but I doubt it. I would like to make a dictaphone test. I admit that in crowded and busy places, New York, and so on, conversation is mostly reduced to a minimum, but even there it can be found, and, oddly enough, particularly among those whose novels are distinguished for shotgun brevity between characters. Investigate that point. As to the rest of the country, where...
...Secretary of the Treasury cared or dared to ask the people of the U. S. to buy U. S. bonds dated as far off as twelve years. Last week Secretary Woodin so dared. In so daring he not only submitted his financial wisdom to a major test but he gave evidence of an important decision by the Administration as to its monetary policy. During Depression, John Businessman, more & more eager for liquidity, bought short-term securities whenever he had money to invest. He liked very little to tie up his money in long-term investments. Fearful lest long-term issues...
...have induced, and in its original mode of attack, it is sure to attract attention from many classes. Mr. Hitchell commences by pointing out the evident fact that the success of the NIRA depends on the decision of the Supreme Court, when that body is eventually faced with a test case. He then proceeds to discuss the philosophy, life, and opinions of the judges, in an attempt partially to predict their decisions. He touches on the fundamental questions of property rights, in a manner which has no nauseous tang of economic theory. The article concludes with a discussion...