Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...attitude on denazification differed from the Russian and U.S. policies. A Briton explained that it did not matter much if the head of a public-utility system was a Nazi: "We tell the bahstads what to do, you know, so their political beliefs make no difference really." From the standpoint of getting things done efficiently with a minimum occupation staff, the British system worked. Its effect on the political future of Germany was another matter...
...were cut back. These will bring the total unemployed auto workers in the Detroit area to 40,000. From now on, as more & more war jobs end, Detroit's unemployment will mount higher & higher -until automobile production hits its stride of 6 million cars a year. From the standpoint of employment, Detroit and the motor industry are staring reconversion in the face...
Sirs: Artificial insemination (TIME, Feb. 26), though perhaps desirable from the standpoint of eugenics, has its dangers. Some popular demagogue might aspire to be the actual father of his country. Some crooner might flood the country with too much of the same thing. ERNEST RASTALL Rockford...
...Americans: Alternatives. From the standpoint of industrial potential, the U.S. decision on whether to give major aid to Russian reconstruction is therefore a choice between promoting faster Russian recovery or faster German recovery. With full aid from the U.S., the U.S.S.R. might in three to five years regain her 1939 production but would probably take several decades to approach U.S. levels...
...territory opened by the road was previously inaccessible and had never before been explored from a botanical standpoint. Construction from Dawson Creek, Alberta, to Fairbanks, Alaska, was completed in 1942 by Army Engineers...