Word: trade
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...national purpose cannot always be precisely denned. The President's announced trip to South Asia (see The Presidency) was in a sense national purpose on the move. So, in effect, was Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson's attempt to establish a durable world economic policy based on free trade and mutual self-help (TIME, Nov. 9). But there was no clear articulation of purpose. "Our leaders have not been able to give us a sense of direction," said Sylvan Meyer, editor of the Gainesville (Ga.) Times. "They've told us we have to sacrifice luxuries to carry...
Midway in the party, three unawed children dressed as witches and a black cat bounded in the door, demanded trick or treat. For a time, Touré and Stevenson were closeted in the study, talking about trade conditions in Guinea. The dinner party might have lasted longer had not Mrs. Touré's dress Zipper broken. After temporary repairs with safety pins she collected her husband, headed home...
...barriers against U.S. goods, responding to Under Secretary of State Douglas Dillon's warning (TIME, Nov. 9) that they would face a "resurgence of protectionism and restrictive action" if they did not. Britain, France and Japan agreed that the time has come for thriving nations to scrap discriminatory trade restrictions against the U.S. born of postwar dollar shortages. In many cases the changes were more psychological than real, for tariffs or market conditions will continue to exclude what quotas do not. Still, the U.S. was only hoping to boost exports 10%. As for Washington's appeal for other...
There is no doubt that Mark Twain built his reputation in America on the popular conception that he was a very funny man. After his famous "Jumping Frog" story, he was "made." But humor is not the only trade mark of Twain. A genuine and deep bitterness, sometimes strung out in novel-sized (often two volume novel-sized) indictments of the human race, is equally characteristic...
...issue of foreign trade that the companies have invoked appears likewise a decoy, since besides the argument against the steel companies on free trade grounds the foreign commerce involved is only a few per cent of total steel trade...