Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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British producers pointed out that because of Hollywood's six-month supply of films in Britain, the tax would not accomplish its purpose of immediately easing the drain on Britain's dollars. By the time it got around to doing so, they feared that the British film industry might be the real loser. Most cinemoguls on both sides of the Atlantic felt that the tax was mainly a bargaining point which Britain had readied for this week's conference on relaxing the terms of its loan from...
...Crazy Situation." The clearest statement of what the conference was supposed to accomplish came not from a delegate, but from a private observer named Albert Kohler, a Swiss textile importer. Kohler's summary reiterated the fact that Germany is the key to European revival. He said...
Reports from both London and Moscow reported qualified optimism that the conference may be able to accomplish results. An Associated Press dispatch from Moscow said Soviet interest in all news of the Marshall plan was marked, and that this was a healthy sign...
...insignificant when compared with the gains that unions have brought not only to themselves but to industry as a whole. Senator Taft would do well to study the history of the United Steel Workers for an example of what a mature union, working with a cooperative management, can accomplish. The process of collective bargaining, conducted with the very minimum of government supervision, can produce more stable and peaceful industrial relations than can result from Congressional fiat...
Radar applied last week for its first practical job on regular commercial airplanes. The "airline radar" developed by Electronician Dave Evans of the Hughes Aircraft Co. aims to accomplish only one thing: "terrain avoidance" (keeping the plane from hitting a hill). Many an airplane passenger, fidgeting in the overcast and wondering where the nearest "terrain" is lurking, will feel that this new gadget is worth the 15 Ibs. of dead weight and $400 installed cost...