Word: retarding
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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GILBERT A. BROOKS Detroit, Mich. TIME will print no more letters on this subject unless it is taken up by Congress Best financial opinion is unanimous that to raise and pay to veterans $2,775,000,000 would retard, not hasten prosperity. Rather, let the people who now have the $2,775,000,000 spend it instead of hoarding.-ED. Byrd Brother 1. Lindbergh In-Law Sirs: "Ohio's Bulkley" does appear a strong prospect for the next Democratic Presidential nomination (TIME, Nov. 24), but even stronger looms Virginia's famed ex-Governor Harry Flood Byrd. No cigar...
...mergers pending an investigation of holding companies has never left committee, its influence has helped retard all consolidation moves. Last week the I.C.C took a step forward toward its own consolidation plan (TIME, Dec. 30). It ordered Pennsylvania R. R. to get rid of its 48% stock ownership in Wabash R. R. and 30% stock ownership in Lehigh Valley within six months. These holdings were valued at $106,592,757. The I.C.C. declared that the Perm's interest in these other roads was a violation of the Clayton act. Pennsylvania R. R. claimed it bought into these roads...
Miss Jones's device, about 18 in. long, outwardly resembles an ordinary Ford automobile muffler. Inside is a series of small "pinwheels" which retard the speed of the exhaust gases-"chewing up" the sound waves without creating excessive back pressure upon the engine. (The latter factor, involving loss of power, has been the principal drawback to most attempts at muffling.) The pilot who tested the Jones muffler in flight said the engine lost none of its normal speed-1,900 r.p.m...
...Howard Atwood Kelly, Baltimore. It permits elegant excision of cancer ramifications and delicate areas of the brain. It may permit operations of the spinal cord. But President-elect Allen Buckner Kanavel, Chicago, pointed out that coagulation caused by the cautery is more likely to scatter malignant growths than to retard or destroy them...
Charles Ruffin Hook, vice president of American Rolling Mill Co.: "Wage reductions would, in our opinion, retard and not stimulate business...