Word: fiat
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...hospitals, churches, parks, etc., blithely putting Mark down for half of each donation but always getting just his name on the cornerstones. Trade was the penny-watcher. Except for his habit of taking the waitresses from their plant restaurant for a daily ride in his surrey (later a Fiat), he ran everything with Scottish austerity. As a result of his insistence that all paper work be done on the backs of old envelopes, Smith Brothers kept no records for 65 years. Trade's pet project was the Prohibition Party, under whose banner he once ran for mayor...
...Problems. Rex Tugwell insists that he is as vigorous a planner and reformer as ever. But he admits that the island has problems not easily solved by fiat, or entirely blamable on U.S. economic exploitation-the depleted farm land, the density of population, the "hard, slick" politicos, the precious Spanish-tropical dignidad, and what Tugwell learned to call the "colonial whine...
Congress will be cager to do something about reducing labor-management friction, and the economic philisophy of the Grand Old Party makes it likely that whatever action is taken will consist of squashing labor's freedom of decision by Congressional fiat. The chance that such action will be blocked by Executive veto is lessened by President Truman's propensity for wielding a bludgeon in labor disputes. He and his advisers lack the time and tact to handle the labor question diplomatically and will be only too happy to be handed an even bigger club...
Rival Hunters. When the Americans and British entered Germany, they had special teams ready to pounce on any likely-looking technician, piece of apparatus, scrap of paper. These teams, mostly directed by FIAT (Field Information Agency, Technical), were considerably better organized than the Russian brain-hunters. The U.S. had no immediate need of atomic help, since it was already pointing for Hiroshima, but it wanted to keep German atom workers away from the Reds. The U.S. did want help with rockets and guided missiles...
Despite a record of sincere endeavor, it is obvious there are grave weaknesses in this system of rule by fiat. A workable solution must be created to take the place of this phantom-like government. It is part of the job of the men selected by the House meetings this week to draw up a constitution that will embody enough popular control to bring the Student Council out of the 19th century. And the first essential of this control lies in ratification of the constitution by the entire student body, lest future Student Councils find themselves in the unenviable position...