Word: adopting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question "Shall Massachusetts adopt an anti-discrimination law?" is the subject of a public debate which will be held in the parish house of the first Church (Unitarian) tomorrow evening at 8:15 o'clock...
Unwanted Policy. Now firmly planted in the field which Pan Am pioneered, they do not intend to get out. There seemed little chance that they would have to. Two months ago, the Senate subcommittee seemed on the verge of recommending to Congress that the U.S. adopt a chosen-instrument policy. But in the last few weeks, under heavy fire from the Army. Navy and CAB, the idea has steadily lost ground. American's Damon may well have given monopoly its coup...
...labor, already off on another tack, hoped that Davis would adopt a more liberal attitude than Vinson's in connection with "fringe" awards, i.e., increases for night-shift differentials, reclassifications, etc., which do not affect basic wage rates. This issue, now vital to the unions, was sizzling on Davis' desk before he had a chance to sit down...
...Adopt a rigid cloture rule (ending all filibusters...
...hurried to Canada for advice and help. Into the Dominion this week went three members of the U.S. War Manpower Commission. Washington was getting ready to adopt a work-or-fight law (see U.S. at War); Canada had had one since 1942. The commissioners wanted to see for themselves how Canada's system works. At Ottawa they were to get an overall view. Then they could visit Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal to see how the system works in the field...