Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...news conference,"we are trying just to say that we are trying to carry out what normal humans of good faith having some confidence in each other would do in accordance with the language of the Constitution . . . Now, I admit this: if a man were So deranged that he thought he was able, and the consensus is that he couldn't, there would have to be something else done, no question...
Faith v. Doubt. Buick Boss Edward T. Ragsdale, who set off last week on a nationwide tour of 26 cities to enlist the aid of Buick's 3,500 dealers in "a crusade for confidence in the nation's economy," thought he had the reason for the slump...
...week's end the reduction on G.E.'s lines and those of the other Fair Traders hit 50% in some stores, but retailers thought they would soon settle down to the 25%-to-35% discount pattern U.S. consumers have come to accept as standard for appliances. Said Discounter Masters: "I congratulate G.E. on finally recognizing the truth of what we've been saying for years-that Fair Trade is unfair to consumer and manufacturer alike...
...labor, who in 1942 created the Confederated Unions of America to buck the hegemony of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations; of a heart attack; in Miami Beach. Articulate, Lancashire-born Matthew Smith-who stirred up the nation when he called strikes in wartime-thought that the closed shop, dues checkoffs, rigid seniority systems and party politics should be shunned by a healthy union...
...browbeaten into memorizing the Old Testament by an evangelist father, says in shame and confusion that he outshot 30 Villistas because "the Lord took hold of me" (actually he hates his father and loathes religion). Another makes it apparent that he charged an almost impregnable position alone because he thought it would look good on his record. A foolish, dull-eyed boy vaulted a gate and opened it under hailing fire because he was too stupid to imagine being shot...