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With the increased spending, however, a larger national debt is unavoidable. But Hansen holds that an increase in the debt is not necessarily bad, for the national income will increase in unison with it. To prove his point he pointed out that "the debt of Great Britain has multiplied 30 times since the Napoleonic wars, while the national income has risen with the general prosperity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HANSEN SIGHTS INCOME BOOST | 2/19/1946 | See Source »

...Millar the name seemed almost as awful as the Gestapo. "Visions connected with this ghastly name flashed through my head. I saw stalwart foresters laying back their heads until the neck cords showed like bared intestines, but their voices came in a shallow unison pipe: 'Oh, Désiré.' I saw the German questioners in Gestapo headquarters. Their leader aid: 'We give you one last chance, Captain Er, Captain Um, Captain Désiré.' I aw a woman with gold teeth and dirty hair who came towards me asking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Toward Morning | 1/14/1946 | See Source »

Berliners seeking "Strength through Joy" may harden their muscles in a Rugby football scrum, or do push-ups in unison, but may no longer cycle, climb mountains, or ski in organized groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Metes & Bounds | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

...largest) against Communists, fascists and students who tried to demonstrate in Lima's Plaza Universitaria against the Government's new press law. Outnumbering the hardy demonstrators by 20,000 to 200, the Apristas waved white handkerchiefs, drowned out the anti-Government orators by clapping in rhythmic unison (two short, one long). Then in perfectly formed ranks their columns closed in. They seized the opposition's banners, fought with fists and sticks. Guns popped. After the police finally cleared the Plaza, two were dead, more than a hundred wounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Scuffle in the Plaza | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Author Hauser hopes that he and "the best German patriots" may somehow have a chance to work on the land in socialist unison toward "the resurrection of the great spiritual values-the values of Christianity, the values of abnegation and of discipline which once created Prussia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Return to Sparta | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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