Word: abets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harvard Square in recent years has been the practice of panhandling by clever professional hums. Newcomers to Harvard, especially, should be aware of this insidious form of getting aims, for by giving these men nickels and dimes they stoop to the weakness of misplaced sentiment. Not only do they abet a common evil, but at the same time they work against organized Cambridge charities...
...girl from her parents, to be carried to some distant country to complete an Arab's harem of four wives, is abhorrent to our American institutions and to our conception of morality, and to falsely and maliciously publish to the world that one stood ready to aid and abet in the consummation of such a scheme is nothing short of libel...
Called to testify at the committee hearings, Banker Roosevelt declared that dismemberment of M. & St. L. would be in the public interest only "if it is in the public interest for the Government to abet the robbery of its citizens." He added that he would not put it past the Government to do just that. A Senator asked if he really meant what he said...
...Federal Communications Commission for its complicity in "pillage" of telegrams. If the facts as shown in TIME are officially proved, no further appropriation should be allowed such a law-breaking body. If President Roosevelt is found responsible for instructing this Commission to abuse its functions to aid and abet blackmail and political revenge against critics, he should be impeached...
...assigned to teaching for the most part much not be expected to do research work in order to secure promotion but must merit advancement according to their ability to understand their subject, keep up with its developments, and impart it intelligibly to students. Research and enlightenment much aid and abet each other. No educational institution can maintain a prominent position in the educational world which neglects either or allows one to assume a too great preponderance over the other...