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Word: uncross (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...came R. F. C. Chairman Jesse Holman Jones, big-nosed politico-industrialist from Texas. Said he: "Hoarders of available credit are little better than hoarders of currency. You are afraid of a recurrence of conditions through which we have just passed. ... I ask, is it not time that we uncross our fingers and follow the President's lead? ... No one wants banks to make loans of doubtful soundness, but the banker can, if he will do so, reconstruct most of his customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bankers Without Fun | 9/18/1933 | See Source »

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