Word: afforded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...treatment of Miner Lewis, endorsing the principle of industrial unionism. At that point the delegates abruptly reefed their sails, declined to head into C. I. 0. Likeliest explanation was that A. F. of T., whose members pay a maximum 40? a month dues, cannot afford lobbyists in every State capital, must depend on the A. F. of L.'s regular lobby for legislative representation, must stay in the A. F. of L.'s good graces. Purred Secretary David Pierce: "By staying in the A. 'F. of L. we can make peace between the warring factions...
...Olympic Stadium. Below them cavorted the finest athletes in the world. In the press stand sat 1,500 reporters, hundreds more than customarily report League of Nations doings at Geneva. Whether or not the Olympic Games actually serve their purpose of promoting international understanding remains dubious. That they afford harmless amusement to participants & spectators, a valuable chance for ballyhoo to the nation which holds them, no one is better aware than Realmleader Adolf Hitler, who attended every session except one last week, inspired his loyal Nazi followers to win the unheard of total of five track & field events...
...view last week was another of those scandals which periodically afford U. S. film followers an intimate glimpse of high & low life in Hollywood. While the cinema colony shamefully hung its tail between its legs, while circulation managers of the tabloid Press howled with delight, Mary Astor and Dr. Franklyn Thorpe battled for the custody of their 4-year-old daughter in a mud-slinging contest in which the purpose of each was to make the other appear grossly immoral...
...Gerard had called his bets off. Said Partner Bowers: "You know how it is. A man in the heat of enthusiasm will often say something- well-er-ill-advised. Mr. Gerard undoubtedly feels as always about Roosevelt and would have made the bet, but he can't afford to lose his vote. As a lawyer he shouldn't have forgotten the law, but the human mind is fallible." Far from downcast were Messrs. Greene and Cannon as they signed statements releasing Mr. Gerard from his bet, in return for $1,700 each of Mr. Gerard's money...
...refer to co-operative cold storage lockers. They were first introduced on the Pacific Coast some five years ago when a group of alert farmers decided to preserve their own meat, fruit and vegetables the year round on a budget they could afford even in depression times...