Word: adjustment
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...greatest development receive a distorted view of the opposite sex. Their future life partners are for them enigmas. They see them only under artificial circumstances, at dances and other social functions. Their attitude towards sex tends to become morbid and unhealthy. They have never learned by working together to adjust themselves to each other. The natural companionship between the sexes, which is so necessary for happy married life, is denied them...
...stimulate the demand for labor and goods by reviving investment on a large scale. This, in turn, requires not only political stability in the countries which seek capital but also moderation in tariffs--particularly those of the lending countries--in order that the flow of trade may adjust itself to the distribution of international investments and that nations may borrow without jeopardizing the stability of their currencies. Of particular importance is moderation in our own tariff policy...
...Adopted a resolution by Tennessee's McKellar to investigate air mail and ocean mail contracts. C. Adopted a resolution by Maryland's Tydings authorizing the Comptroller General to reopen and adjust the claim of the city of Baltimore to $171,000 which the city raised and spent for fortifications during the Civil...
...Paternalism" seems to be bothering our student brothers at the University of Wisconsin, for a report made recently by a committee of students makes this accusation concerning the administration. The committee was appointed to adjust differences between students and deans...
...windproof matches, cigaret lighters, electric clocks, radio outlets, pneumatic foot rests, fancy metal tire covers, heated windshield wipers, sunvisors. There was an ejector spring that opens the door at a touch on the handle. More costly was a shock absorber system operated from the dash which lets the driver adjust his car to the roughness of the road (called "ride control," featured on Buick, Graham-Paige, Oldsmobile). There was a starting system operated by a button on the dash (featured by Hudson and Rockne). There were custom-made tires at $100 apiece that cannot blow out and are guaranteed...