Word: asserted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week Charbonneau sounded off again. He told La Société des Editeurs Canadiens du Livre Français: "It is by being Canadians and proud of it that our writers will assert themselves. . . . While modern French literature is in full decadence, while its techniques are obsolete . . . why should our younger writers continue to tie themselves exclusively...
...young (37) White House physician was there to assert that he was an utter ignoramus about his speculation in the commodity markets. He almost succeeded in proving it. Although he was a trader on margin, he said he did not know the meaning of the term "margin" (a woman sitting behind him snickered: "That's what you spread on bread...
...leaders. A music strike, unlike a coal strike, caused little or no public suffering; in fact it hardly diluted the endless flow of recorded sound which dinned daily in the nation's ears. As international president of A.F.M., Petrillo assumed unlimited power. The union's bylaws solemnly assert: "It shall be his duty ... to (a) enforce the constitution, bylaws, standing resolutions or other laws and resolutions or (b) annul or set aside same or any portion thereof . . . and substitute other . . . provisions of his own making. . . ." He began making war on a grander scale...
...quantities. Russian farmers are still inclined to retain as much of their foodstuffs as they possibly can, rather than sell them at pre-determined prices. Many essential goods are in very short supply. So long as the basic ingredients of inflation are present they will have a tendency to assert their influence. With the amount of goods available for purchase remaining the same, the prices may be lowered; but then there will also be less rubles to be spent. In that case the mere fact of lower prices would not mean that inflation has been eliminated...
...said, must move and move fast. At the same time, inflation must be stopped in its tracks. Labor must be told that it must not increase inflationary, pressures by further wage boosts. Management must become aware of the importance of reducing prices. Above all, said Ike pointedly, leadership must assert itself...