Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...compromise presidency of Hevia failed when Guiteras, Secretary of War and Interior in the Grau San Martin cabinet, announced that the radical steps which he supported must be carried out and that his arch-enemy, Colonel Batista, must resign. In order to accomplish this, at his instigation the employees of the Cuban utilities trust went on strike and the government was forced to take over the company; yesterday morning all employees in the departments of Communications, Interior, Justice, Public Works, Instruction, and Health went on strike. Senor Guiteras then retired into his stronghold in the provinces. With the gauntlet thus...
...Hall do your lobbying for you? After all, the student body under 21 is the interested bloc. Why not suggest that they do a little lobbying for themselves, either through the CRIMSON or the Student Council? When Massachusetts legislators are involved it takes more than "a little encouragement" to accomplish the desired result...
...definitely known whether Arthur B. Sullivan '34, who boxed last year in the 145-pound class, will return to the squad; Sullivan was considered to have been one of the hardest hitting men to appear in years, and was expected to accomplish much in the present season...
...know all about that. I caused that record to be changed from a consent to a restriction. That was a perfectly simple matter for me to do." Mr. Mayer added that getting the record changed back again would not be "quite so easy." but he thought he could accomplish it. It was at this point that Mr. Fox told the Committee: "When I learned that a man had the power to go into the Department of Justice to change the records, I was rather ashamed of being a citizen of this nation." But Mr. Fox no longer thinks that...
...that this will result in real gain in scientific knowledge and in methods of control of our intricate social organization." How successful and useful the combination of legal and business education given by experts will be cannot now with certainty be prophesied. It does, however, set out boldly to accomplish a desired goal by practical means...