Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Poor circulation, principal cause of cold feet, may be produced by spinal lesions which weaken the nerve and blood supply to the feet, or it may be caused locally by direct pressure upon nerves and blood vessels from badly designed or ill-fitting shoes."-Osteopath Philip Spence of White Plains...
Often heard in fireside fulminations is the charge that the New Deal is deliberately and cunningly undermining the property rights of U. S. citizens. Last week a prime New Deal agency asked Congress for broad legislation not to weaken property rights but to strengthen them. The reform proposals were contained in another Securities & Exchange Commission report based upon Commissioner William Orville Douglas' diligent investigation of protective committees and reorganizations (TIME, May 18). Mr. Douglas concluded that U. S. investors had suffered woefully from irresponsible corporate trustees, legal representatives of scattered and inarticulate bondholders...
...regents can, and often do, take care of onetime governors with soft jobs in their banks or corporations, notably the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, favorite sinecure for loyal politicians. Another thing that tends to weaken the resistance of governors is the fact that many of them have to borrow money to buy their 100 qualifying shares. In boom days 100 shares of Bank of France stock was worth, at present parity, more than $150,000 and last week, after a 50% decline in the past year, more than $30,000. The regents or their banks are only...
Certain members of the Music Department are beginning to suspect that the monthly bell bedlam of Lowell House will weaken and crack the tower. Their suspicions, however, have so far failed to crack the calm of the House Janitor...
...fiscal syllogism fateful for Europe last week was this: Developments in Washington tended to weaken confidence in the dollar and make it fall; therefore the British Exchequer, which is resolved for reasons of trade not to let the dollar become much cheaper than the pound, took steps to weaken its own currency. The means adopted was to sell sterling against francs and these the British Exchange Equalization Fund hastily converted into gold to protect itself against possible devaluation of the franc. During the week over a billion gold francs fled France and it was possible although not yet probable that...