Word: used
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Recently in TIME . . . and other publications I have seen increasing use of "recession," "slump" and "depression" regarding our present business situation. It seems to me that by using these terms we are talking ourselves into a good, all-out depression. This sort of talk scares customers . . . They tighten up their purse strings and wait for more price cuts. Businessmen begin to worry and slash payrolls needlessly. Pretty soon the scare builds up like a snowball going downhill...
This exploration led to the question of how to get the latest news about the case. Said Teacher Anderson: "Inasmuch as we use TIME and LIFE in our classroom, it was not surprising that the nimble-witted young lady who is the district attorney should ask her teacher if he thought TIME might help." Opposing counsel took the cue and got off his own query...
...schools and colleges which get bulk orders of TIME for classroom use...
...rest of the lineup seems certain to be unchanged. Herbie Neal and John Caulfield will alternate in the outfield, depending on whether opponents use right or left-handed pitchers; but otherwise things will be the same as in the last league contest, before exams...
...clerics do agree, and the cases of Quebee and Spain certainly provide strong arguments for the possibility of compromise between Catholicism and fascism. But the blanket implications which Mr. Blanshard draws are politically naive. The social facts in Spain and the United States are only slightly comparable. His simple use of the Papist bug-a-boo as the enduring prime mover of unsavory isms is just too easy...