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Word: adopted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...parties is to become militant and go after them hammer and tongs for being totally incompetent, as we know they are. . . . We should begin ... to talk about the 'Townsend Party,' not wait in the foolish hope that one of the old groups will adopt us. If they do, they will treat us like poor adopted trash. To hell with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Messiah on the March | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

During the morning meeting Arthur A. Holecombe '06, Professor of Government, will discuss "The Danger of War Abroad," with special reference to Asia. In the afternoon session the general subject of discussion will be "What Foreign Policy should the United States Adopt to Keep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO-DAY PEACE MEETING OPENS IN BOSTON TODAY | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

That diet supplies all the proteins, fats and carbohydrates which the Eskimos need to thrive on. Whenever they adopt white men's flour, they develop alkalosis. Seal meat is the Arctic purgative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Eskimos | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

...Houses were to adopt a uniform method of election like the "open primary", it would do away with this possibility for the House Committee to place names on the ballot that were not popular choices. Under an "open primary" set-up, one week before the elections were to take place, the residents of the Houses would vote for the men they wished to elect. The results would be counted, and the three or four persons receiving the greatest number of votes would automatically be put up for the final election. Out of this four, one or two would be finally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE ELECTIONS | 5/6/1936 | See Source »

...petition may be found in the somewhat peculiar situation of Eastern lines generally. Their greatest carrying burden is over expensive short hauls, a major proportion of their charges are extremely high. Since the task of the I. C. C. is one of reconstruction, rather than destruction ,the Commission would adopt a sensible course if they listened to the pleas of the most interested parties, and adopt the compromise as a test measure for a limited period of time. In matters of such importance to the railroads and to the public, the Commission should make haste slowly and not glorify unintelligent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECONSTRUCTION RATES | 4/7/1936 | See Source »

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